High earning parents are able to pay for prep schools, tutoring, materials. Those children get into elite schools. Those graduates of elites schools go on to elite, well-paid jobs.<p>&quot;On graduation, many members of America’s future elite will head for the law firms, banks and consultancies where starting salaries are highest.&quot;<p>Here are some more explicit articles on the phenomenon:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;rich-people-raise-kids-family-wealth&#x2F;399809&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;rich-peo...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.telegraph.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;uknews&#x2F;11763836&#x2F;Wealthy-parents-create-glass-floor-to-ensure-children-succeed-regardless-of-talent.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.telegraph.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;uknews&#x2F;11763836&#x2F;Wealthy-pare...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;18&#x2F;upshot&#x2F;rich-children-and-poor-ones-are-raised-very-differently.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;18&#x2F;upshot&#x2F;rich-children-and-p...</a><p>If you&#x27;d like to read a study on it (&quot;Poor Little Rich Kids? The Determinants of the Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth&quot;), you can do so here:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ftp.iza.org&#x2F;dp9227.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ftp.iza.org&#x2F;dp9227.pdf</a><p>Here&#x27;s another from Pew:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pewtrusts.org&#x2F;~&#x2F;media&#x2F;assets&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;fsm-irs-report_artfinal.pdf?la=en" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pewtrusts.org&#x2F;~&#x2F;media&#x2F;assets&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;fsm-irs-repo...</a><p>If you want more information, google &quot;social mobility united states&quot;, &quot;intergenerational mobility united states&quot;, and read &quot;Twilight of the Elites&quot; and &quot;The Son also Rises.&quot;