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Peer effects identified through social networks : evidence from Uruguayan schools
Melo, Gioia de - 2014
This paper represents the first application of a novel strategy to estimate peer effects in education in a developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370135
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Reference dependent aspirations and peer effects in education
Fongoni, Marco; Norris, Jonathan; Romiti, Agnese; Shi, Zhan - 2022
We study the long-run effects of income inequality within adolescent peer compositions in schools. We propose a … theoretical framework based on reference dependence where inequality in peer groups can generate aspiration gaps. Guided by … peer inequality. Our results provide evidence on the role of inequality in peer groups for long-run educational outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471214
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The risks and benefits of school integration for participating students : evidence from a randomized desegregation program
Bergman, Peter - 2018
receive an offer to transfer are more likely to be classified as requiring special education and their test scores increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874417
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School choice, student sorting and academic performance
Munteanu, Andrei - 2024
This study examines the impact of school choice on academic achievement. I use differences in the number of schools across similar Romanian towns, generating variation in school choice for local students, who compete for seats via test scores. I find that more school choice results in increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014461383
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School choice, student sorting and academic performance
Munteanu, Andrei - 2024
This study examines the impact of school choice on academic achievement. I use differences in the number of schools across similar Romanian towns, generating variation in school choice for local students, who compete for seats via test scores. I find that more school choice results in increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014521057
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The effect of higher-achieving peers on major choices and labor market outcomes
Feld, Jan; Zölitz, Ulf - 2021
This paper investigates how exposure to higher-achieving male and female peers in university affects students’ major choices and labor market outcomes. For identification of causal effects, we exploit the random assignment of students to university sections in first-year compulsory courses. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012520209
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Good peers have asymmetric gendered effects on female educational outcomes : experimental evidence from Mexico
Busso, Matias; Frisancho Robles, Verónica - 2021
This study examines the gendered effects of early and sustained exposure to high-performing peers on female educational trajectories. Exploiting random allocation to classrooms within middle schools, we measure the effect of male and female high performers on girls' high school placement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012584602
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The effect of foreign students on native students' outcomes in higher education
Costas-Fernández, Julián; Morando, Greta - 2022
natives. We use administrative data on the entire English higher education system and exploit the idiosyncratic variation of … mild effects on education outcomes, we also find little effect of foreign peers affecting early labour market outcomes of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171586
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The effect of peer gender on major choice in business school
Zölitz, Ulf; Feld, Jan - 2020
Business degrees are popular and lead to high earnings. Female business graduates, however, earn less than their male counterparts. These gender differences can be traced back to university, where women shy away from majors like finance that lead to high earnings. In this paper, we investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239613
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The impact of peer personality on academic achievement
Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Non, Jan Adrianus; Zölitz, Ulf - 2017
This paper provides evidence of a novel facet of peer effects by showing how peer personality affects educational achievement. We exploit random assignment of students to university sections and find that students perform better in the presence of more persistent peers and more risk-averse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011752330