Purpose This paper aims to identify the income and price elasticities of demand for residential electricity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and to verify their main determinants. Design/methodology/approach Meta-analysis and meta-regression methods were applied. After collecting and filtering journal articles, the authors obtained a sample composed of 76 studies covering 1979–2020. Findings The results show that the LAC's income elasticity is approximately 0.20 and 0.92 for the short and long term, respectively. The LAC's price elasticity is approximately −0.37 and −0.46 for the short and long term, respectively. Furthermore, the estimates are affected by the data structure, the estimation method used and the sampling period. Originality/value The authors close a gap in the literature by analyzing the price and income elasticities of demand through meta-analysis and meta-regression.

This study employs propensity score matching with survey weight adjustment to identify the effects of parental entrepreneurial attitudes on their children's years of schooling, the likelihood of attending private schools, and the probability of enrolling in university education (public, private, or general). The microdata is from the 2015 National Household Sample Survey. The study incorporates a series of robustness tests and examines heterogeneous treatment effects. The findings indicate that parents with entrepreneurial backgrounds exhibit a greater preference for enrolling their children in private schools. This effect is amplified when both parents are entrepreneurs. The study further reveals that children of entrepreneurial parents are more likely to attend universities, with a stronger preference for private institutions. The analysis of the heterogeneous treatment effect also emphasizes how the gender of the children and the parent's entrepreneurial background significantly influence the magnitude of the treatment. JEL: J12, J24, L26.