First-Generation Elite: The Role of School Social Networks
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DOI: 10.1257/aer.20230582
Abstract: High school students from non-elite backgrounds are less likely to have peers with elite-educated parents than their elite counterparts. This difference in social capital is a key driver of the high intergenerational persistence in elite… read more here.
Keywords: elite role; generation elite; role school; school ... See more keywords