We estimate the causal effect of attending elite schools in England, Scotland, and Wales on human capital and labor …, on average, there is positive selection into elite school attendance, and that attending an elite school does not worsen … labor market returns from attending an elite school. However, the bounds are also consistent with smaller effects, including …

In perfectly competitive academic and idea markets, a divide emerges between elite scientists and the rest. The elite …

We estimate the long-run effects of marginal admission to elite public high schools on students' labor supply in the … students whose placement exam scores are just above and just below the elite admission threshold. We find that five and ten … that marginal admission to elite high schools leads to delayed entry into the formal labor market, and, at least in the …