The benefits of elite universities are more social than academic

Andrés Barrios Fernández, Christopher Neilson and Seth Zimmerman

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Abstract: From Cambridge and Oxford to Harvard and Yale, elite universities are a feature of many education systems. Andrés Barrios Fernández, Christopher Neilson and Seth Zimmerman ask whether these institutions of higher education help to promote social mobility.

Keywords: elite universities; intergenerational mobility; human capital; social capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-06-20
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