TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Barrios-Fernandez, Andres
AU  - Neilson, Christopher A.
AU  - Zimmerman, Seth D.
        TI  - Elite Universities and the Intergenerational Transmission  of Human and Social Capital
        PY  - 2024/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17252
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17252
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - elite universities
KW  - intergenerational mobility
KW  - human capital
KW  - social capital
        ER  -