%0 Report
        %A Barrios-Fernandez, Andres
%A Neilson, Christopher A.
%A Zimmerman, Seth D.
        %T Elite Universities and the Intergenerational Transmission  of Human and Social Capital
        %D 2024
        %8 2024 Aug
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 17252
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17252
        %X Do elite colleges help talented students join the social elite, or help incumbent elites retain their positions? We combine intergenerationally-linked data from Chile with a regression discontinuity design to show that, looking across generations, elite colleges do both. Lower-status individuals who gain admission to elite college programs transform their children's social environment. Children become more likely to attend high-status private schools and colleges, and to live near and befriend high-status peers. In contrast, academic achievement is unaffected. Simulations combining descriptive and quasi-experimental findings show that elite colleges tighten the link between social and human capital while decreasing intergenerational social mobility.
        %K elite universities
%K intergenerational mobility
%K human capital
%K social capital