Zero or negative peer effects in academic achievement have been explained in the literature assuming that better peers negatively affect beliefs about own ability (self-concept), motivation or peer interactions. This paper provides clear-cut evidence on such mechanisms. I study peer effects...

This paper provides the first causal evidence on how early grades affects students' education choices, attainment, and labor market outcomes. I identify treatment effects exploiting the staggered implementation of a reform that postponed grade assignment in Swedish compulsory school. I examine...

Can surveys affect human capital investments? This paper examines whether individual education choices and outcomes are affected by a survey posing questions related to investments, performance, preferences, and expectations. We have administrative data for the whole Swedish population to which...