We study peer effects in education. We first develop a network model that predicts a relationship between own education … and peers’ education as measured by direct links in the social network. We then test this relationship using the four … education since a standard deviation increase in peers’ education attainment translates into roughly a 10 percent increase of a …

develop a simple network model where students first choose their friends and then decide how much effort they put in education … in the fourth wave in 2007-2008 (when adult). We find that there are strong and persistent peer effects in education but …

effect cannot be identified without any exclusion restrictions. We then study the impact of peer effects on education and …

We develop a network model looking at the role of different types of peers in education. The empirical salience of the … and persistent peer effects in education but peers tend to be influential only when their friendships last more than a …