Giménez, Gregorio; Ciobanu, Denisa; Barrado, Beatriz - In: Economies : open access journal 9 (2021) 2, pp. 1-20
This paper investigates peer effects in the academic achievement of Costa Rican students. Two measures of peer effects are used: (1) a measure of a schools' average socioeconomic status and (2) a measure of unsatisfied basic needs at district level. The estimation of a three-level hierarchical...