As a result, the socioeconomic gap increases as I compare students living farther away from a matching degree (see figure below). This gap decreases by 58% when comparing students equally close to high-ranked degrees.

As a little bit of context, Chile is a loooong country, and higher education institutions are unevenly distributed nationwide (as shown in the map). The highest-status universities are concentrated in a few cities, particularly in Santiago (the capital).

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