The Argentinean case –given an early modernization and the singularity of its reversal of development- is instructive about the role of education on intergenerational class mobility. We propose a wide historical analysis of time variations in intergenerational class mobility and the role of education over different periods in urban Argentina –specifically in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, from 1960 to 2017. This is the first time a long-term social mobility study has been conducted in Argentina. We analyse intergenerational social mobility according to EGP class scheme, using absolute rates, log-linear models, and long-term counterfactual analysis. Results show a social fluidity process for men but not for women. The counterfactual analysis exhibits that most social fluidity among men was due to a reduction in the direct class origin-class destination effect. No evidence of effects of educational expansion or educational equalization is observed. This presence of moderate social fluidity has not been linked to a modernization process which expands vertical upward mobility. Instead, it took place in a context of deindustrialization and the decline of the skilled working class.

考虑到早期现代化及其发展逆转的独特性，阿根廷的案例对于教育在代际阶级流动中的作用具有启发意义。我们对阿根廷城市中代际阶级流动性的时间变化以及教育在不同时期的作用进行了广泛的历史分析——特别是在布宜诺斯艾利斯大都市区，从 1960 年到 2017 年。这是首次进行长期社会流动性研究已在阿根廷进行。我们根据 EGP 类别方案，使用绝对率、对数线性模型和长期反事实分析来分析代际社会流动性。结果显示男性存在社会流动性过程，但女性则不然。反事实分析表明，男性之间的大多数社会流动性是由于直接阶级起源-阶级目的地效应的减少造成的。没有观察到教育扩张或教育平等的影响的证据。这种适度的社会流动性与扩大垂直向上流动性的现代化进程无关。相反，它是在去工业化和熟练工人阶级衰落的背景下发生的。