%0 Report
        %A Machado, Cecilia
%A Reyes, Germán
%A Riehl, Evan
        %T Alumni Job Networks at Elite Universities and the Efficacy of Affirmative Action
        %D 2022
        %8 2022 Jan
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 15026
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15026
        %X We examine the efficacy of affirmative action at universities whose value depends on peer and alumni networks. We study an elite Brazilian university that adopted race- and income-based affirmative action at a large scale. Using employer-employee data, we show that a key benefit of attending the university is access to high-paying jobs affiliated with its alumni. Affirmative action increased disadvantaged students' access to these firms and raised their early-career earnings. But these benefits faded over time. Further, the increase in student body diversity lowered the job prospects and earnings of the school's most highly ranked students.
        %K higher education
%K alumni network
%K affirmative action