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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...
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that feature two novel contributions. Unlike other gender peer effects studies, a) we use a rich sample of schools and …
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that feature two novel contributions. Unlike other gender peer effects studies, a) we use a rich sample of schools and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447791
Using Greek administrative data, we examine the impact of being randomly assigned to a classroom with a same-gender top … records, which positions them as role models. Both male and female students are influenced by the performance of a same-gender … positive effects from the presence of a same-gender role model. Specifically, female students improved their science test …
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Using Greek administrative data, we examine the impact of being randomly assigned to a classroom with a same-gender top … records, which positions them as role models. Both male and female students are influenced by the performance of a same-gender … positive effects from the presence of a same-gender role model. Specifically, female students improved their science test …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053880
Do the people around us influence our personality? To answer this question, we conduct an experiment with 543 university students who we randomly assign to study groups. Our results show that students become more similar to their peers along several dimensions. Students with more competitive...
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Do the people around us influence our personality? To answer this question, we conduct an experiment with 543 university students who we randomly assign to study groups. Our results show that students become more similar to their peers along several dimensions. Students with more competitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187857
of the PISA test in math, confidence is decomposed into two dimensions: confidence in correct math knowledge and … students. While ability alone increases confidence and decreases overconfidence, the interaction effect of feminine gender and … ones, while the positive effect of ability on confidence is smaller for females. That being said, the negative gender gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012934862
of the PISA test in math, confidence is decomposed into two dimensions: confidence in correct math knowledge and … students. While ability alone increases confidence and decreases overconfidence, the interaction effect of feminine gender and … ones, while the positive effect of ability on confidence is smaller for females. That being said, the negative gender gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011578772
Social theories posit that peers affect students' academic self-concept (ASC). Most prominently, Big-Fish-Little-Pond, invidious comparison, and relative deprivation theories predict that exposure to academically stronger peers decreases students' ASC, and exposure to academically weaker peers...
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