Elite Universities and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human and Social CapitalIndian Rupee

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Barrios-Fernandez, Andres; Neilson, Christopher; Zimmerman, Seth
• 署名单位: Universidad de los Andes (Colombia); Yale University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-8282; 1944-7981
• DOI: 10.1257/aer.20230802
• 发表日期: 2026-06
• 页码: 2120-2165
• 关键词: college; CHOICE; achievement; mobility; TRENDS

摘要

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.