Socioeconomic translation in the Peruvian Altiplano

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https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2025-1573

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Social mobility, educational mobility, intergenerational mobility, immobility, education, socioeconomic, Altiplano, Puno

Abstract

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.

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Lieslie Gallegos Arias, Universidad Católica San Pablo

Economist engineer, master's degree in international business from Pompeu Fabra University, Spain. She has postgraduate studies in quantitative and qualitative research. She is certified in competencies for the formulation and management of research projects from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. With more than fifteen years as supervisor, consultant and director of investment, productive and social projects at the national level. Currently, he is coordinator of the research group Poblaciones Vulnerables y en Riesgo and full-time assistant professor at Universidad Católica San Pablo.

Carlos Renzo Rivera Calcina, Universidad Católica San Pablo

Master in Public Health Sciences and Bachelor in Psychology, both from the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín (UNSA). Specialist in sampling and probability, descriptive and inferential statistics at the University of California Berkeley (online). In addition, I have a specialization in Gender Statistics from ECLAC. My research areas are: adolescent antisocial behavior, domestic violence, family and psychometrics. Currently, I work as an assistant professor and researcher at the Universidad Católica San Pablo in Arequipa - Peru.

William Sobrino Arias, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano

He has a Master's degree in Sociology from UNA Puno and a Bachelor's degree in Law. He has excelled in local development management, governmental and intergovernmental management and International Technical Cooperation. He has received numerous awards and has participated in several field studies for Peruvian organizations, highlighting his broad vocation of service and social sensitivity. Among the research work he has been carrying out, the line of multidisciplinary integral development and government management from the socioeconomic perspective linked to the private sector stands out.

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2025-02-14

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Gallegos Arias, L., Rivera Calcina, C. R., & Sobrino Arias, W. (2025). Socioeconomic translation in the Peruvian Altiplano. European Public & Social Innovation Review, 10, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2025-1573

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