Social interactions, mechanisms, and equilibrium : evidence from a model of study time and academic achievement
Tim Conley, Nirav Mehta, Ralph Stinebrickner, Todd Stinebrickner
We develop and estimate a model of student study time on a social network. The model is designed to exploit unique data collected in the Berea Panel Study. Study time data allow us to quantify an intuitive mechanism for academic social interactions: own study time may depend on friend study time in a heterogeneous manner. Social network data allow us to embed study time and resulting academic achievement in an estimable equilibrium framework. We develop a specification test that exploits the equilibrium nature of social interactions and use it to show that novel study propensity measures mitigate econometric endogeneity concerns.
Year of publication: |
2018
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Authors: | Conley, Timothy G. ; Mehta, Nirav ; Stinebrickner, Ralph ; Stinebrickner, Todd R. |
Publisher: |
Munich, Germany : Munich Society for the Promotion of Economic Research ‐ CESifo GmbH |
Subject: | social networks | peer effects | homophily | time-use | Kentucky | Studierende | Students | Zeitverwendung | Time use | Soziales Netzwerk | Social network | Lernen | Learning | Soziale Gruppe | Social group | Gleichgewichtsmodell | Equilibrium model | 2000-2001 |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 67 Seiten) Illustrationen |
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Series: | CESifo working papers. - München : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2364-1428, ZDB-ID 2065232-X. - Vol. no. 6896 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/176915 [Handle] |
Classification: | C52 - Model Evaluation and Testing ; c54 ; I20 - Education. General |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794843