TY - RPRT AU - Pastore, Francesco AU - Roccisano, Federica TI - The Inheritance of Educational Inequality among Young People in Developing Countries PY - 2015/May/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 9065 UR - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9065 AB - This letter provides new evidence on the extent of the inheritance of educational inequality in the eight developing countries (Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, Iran, Kosovo, Mongolia, Nepal, Syria) where the ILO carried out the first wave of School-to-Work Transition survey. We observe different patterns of correlation between the level of intergenerational mobility, the educational upgrade and the role of parents' in sons' and daughters' education. KW - intergenerational mobility KW - educational persistence KW - developing economies ER -