Socioeconomic translation in the Peruvian Altiplano

Arias L.G.; Calcina C.R.R.; Arias W.S. · European Public and Social Innovation Review (2025) · DOI: 10.31637/epsir-2025-1573

Resumen

Introduction: The purpose of the research is to know the leve lof educational dependence of sons and daughters with respect to that of their parents, in order to establish the degree and relationship of socioeconomic traslation or social mobility. Methodology: Apply a mixed approach, with a transversal desing. The quantitative study uses primary data that corresponds to a random sample of 580 households in the rural and urban mountains of the Peruvian Altiplano, located at more than 3.800 meters above sea level. For the qualitative approach, the focus group technique is applied with semi-structured questions focused on the educational preferences for the children of the family unit. Results: The education of both parents is significant for the son's educational achievement, in the case of the daughter, only the father's education is significant. The place of residence favors the daughter's educational archievement. Discussions: The socioeconomic transfer in the sons is associated with sociocultural and productive considerations. Conclusions: The probability of socieconomic transfer is low, the educational inheritance of the parents fails to break the chain of poverty, the returns to education in terms of income and ocupation are unfair.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional del Altiplano; Universidad Católica San Pablo