Call for research proposals - Intergenerational mobility in Latin America

Latin America is one of the regions with the highest levels of inequality in the world. Despite the improvements achieved during the first decade of 2000, in the last years many countries in the region have shown only mild reductions -or even increments- in their inequality metrics. The economic and social crises triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to worsen the situation for the years to come.

The inequality in several individual well-being dimensions is strongly correlated with the inequality experienced by the previous generation: living conditions are transmitted in multiple ways from parents to children. Understanding which are the main barriers that harm social mobility is essential to design policies that enable Latin-Americans’ well-being regardless of their starting points in life.

The current call for projects aims to support three research projects (with up to 15,000 dollars for each one) that contribute to the understanding of the intergenerational social mobility patterns in Latin American countries and the mechanisms and policies that can break the persistence of inequalities across generations. To submit proposals, fill the following online form until February 21.

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