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Peer effects in European primary schools: evidence from PIRLS

Ammermüller, Andreas; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006

We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...

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Heterogeneous class size effects: new evidence from a panel of university students

Bandiera, Oriana; Larcinese, Valentino; Rasul, Imran - 2009

leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students' test scores. We observe the same student …-linear class size effects controlling for unobserved heterogeneity of both individual students and faculty. We find that (i) at the … and largest ranges of class sizes and zero over a wide range of intermediate class sizes; (iii) students at the top of the …

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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?

van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2009

the status of the entrepreneur. For reasons outlined in the introduction, this study focuses on (800) students in the …

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How immigrant children affect the academic achievement of native Dutch children

Ohinata, Asako; van Ours, Jan C. - 2011

In this paper, we analyze how the share of immigrant children in the classroom affects the educational attainment of native Dutch children. Our analysis uses data from various sources, which allow us to characterize educational attainment in terms of reading literacy, mathematical skills and...

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Risk, balanced skills and entrepreneurship

Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; van Praag, Mirjam - 2011

This paper proposes that risk aversion encourages individuals to invest in balanced skill profiles, making them more likely to become entrepreneurs. By not having taken this possible linkage into account, previous research has underestimated the impacts both of risk aversion and balanced skills...

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Self-selection into teaching: the role of teacher education institutions

Denzler, Stefan; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2008

based on a representative sampling of over 1500 high-school students in Switzerland shortly before graduation. The findings … they offer. This can clearly be seen in comparison with high-school students preparing to study at another type of higher …

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Do peers affect student achievement? Evidence from Canada using group size variation

Boucher, Vincent; Bramoullé, Yann; Djebbari, Habiba; … - 2010

We provide the first empirical application of a new approach proposed by Lee (2007) to estimate peer effects in a linear-in-means model. This approach allows to control for group-level unobservables and to solve the reflection problem. We investigate peer effects in student achievement in...

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Under pressure? The effect of peers on outcomes of young adults

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010

A variety of public campaigns, including the Just Say No campaign of the 1980s and 1990s that encouraged teenagers to Just Say No to Drugs, are based on the premise that teenagers are very susceptible to peer influences. Despite this, very little is known about the effect of school peers on the...

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Classroom grade composition and pupil achievement

Leuven, Edwin; Rønning, Marte - 2011

composition affects pupil achievement. Pupils in mixed grade classrooms are found to outperform pupils in single grade classrooms … on high stake central exit tests and teacher set and graded tests. This effect is driven by pupils benefiting from … achievement. Pupils can therefore benefit from de-tracking by grade, but the effects depend crucially on how the classroom is …

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Peer effects: Evidence from secondary school transition in England

Gibbons, Steve; Telhaj, Shqiponja - 2012

We study the effects of peers on school achievement, with detailed data on children making the same primary to secondary school transition in consecutive years in England. Our estimates show that secondary school composition, on entry at age 12, affects achievement at age 14, although the effect...

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