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SUAREZ-MARTINEZ, Juan Francisco  y  SANCHEZ HERNANDEZ, R. Berenice. Intergenerational educational mobility in Nuevo León: assortative mating analysis. Prob. Des [online]. 2025, vol.56, n.223, pp.61-86.  Epub 10-Abr-2026. ISSN 0301-7036.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2025.223.70352.

This study uses an ordered logit model to examine how the educational assortative mating of parents influences the academic achievement of their children in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The results show that, compared to parents with only a primary education or no education, children whose mother has a higher level of education than their father are between 12 and 15 percentage points more likely to attain a professional degree. When the father has a higher level of education, the probability increases by between 5.6 and 10.5 percentage points compared to the same group. These findings highlight the need for policies that focus on households with low educational capital in order to equalize opportunities and promote social mobility.

Palabras llave : mating; educational mobility; social mobility; human capital; intergenerational transmission.

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