-run educational outcomes of their peers. Using data from a recent cohort of students in the United States, we identify a causal effect … by exploiting quasi-random variation in the exposure of students to peers with highly-educated parents across cohorts …

how lead-exposed children affect the learning environment of their classroom peers. We estimate these spillover effects … find that having more lead-exposed peers is associated with lower test scores and graduation rates, increased suspensions …

2014 to analyze the effects of high performing (HP) male or female peers on individual academic performance, according to … the gender of the student. The identification strategy is based on quasi-random variation in the exposure to HP peers … school final grade, is heterogeneous. We found that female HP peers have stronger positive effects than HP males, in …

black referees have two white peers. In case of white referees, in-group favoritism in Type-II errors emerges if white … referees have two black peers with them on the court. We provide evidence showing that the results are not attributable to …

to high school peers from elite educated families ('elite peers') plays in driving such a phenomenon in Norway. Using … causal impact of elite peers on the probability of enrolling in elite education for students from different socioeconomic … (SES) backgrounds. We show that exposure to elite peers in high school does drive enrolment into elite degree programmes …

indirect path, parents and peers also influence educational outcomes directly. Policy measures that operate on parental …