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The benefits of elite universities are more social than academic

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  • Andrés Barrios Fernández
  • Christopher Neilson
  • Seth Zimmerman

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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.

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  • Andrés Barrios Fernández & Christopher Neilson & Seth Zimmerman, 2025. "The benefits of elite universities are more social than academic," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 709, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    • Handle: RePEc:cep:cepcnp:709
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