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We examine friendships and study partnerships among university students over several years. At the aggregate level …
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We survey the theoretical and empirical literature on peer effects in education. Theoretical models of peer effects are first summarized. Models of educational provision regimes in which peer effects play a central role are then discussed. Next we discuss the identification issues in estimating...
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, grades, and persistence. I estimate that two thirds of the plan's 9.1 point impact on top-decile students' probability of … attending a flagship university was due to information rather than mechanical effects. Students induced to enroll are more … likely to come from low- income high schools, and academically outperform the students that they displace. These effects …
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The BoltzmannGibbs distribution is currently widely used in economic modeling. One of the applications is integrated with the DSGE (Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium) model. However, a question that arises concerns whether the BoltzmannGibbs distribution can be directly applied, without...
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