polarization of the electorate into changes in the distribution of voter ideal positions and consequences of elite polarization …

ability. We show that compulsory schooling can move a society from elite education to mass education, which then triggers …

I take advantage of a sharp discontinuity in the probability of admission to an elite university at the admission score …. Cumulated over fifteen years, the time span of income data for my sample, the net premium of attending the elite university …

entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …

points higher than others. This facilitated the persistence of that elite group. A systematic analysis of 17,589 documents …

industrializing countries implement policies that improve the health of the poor. Exploiting county-level variation in elite structure …

Elite skills have become crucial in today’s superstar economy. We develop a multi-period skill-formation model where we … show that individuals with temporary disadvantages must exert greater effort to gain access to elite education. This … year become the superstars. We also show that if young students discount the future “too much”, high requirements to elite …