In this paper, I use a social interactions framework to detect whether individual smoking decisions are influenced by … classmate smoking decisions. There are several large challenges in addressing this question, including the endogeneity of school … that the current results suggest smaller social interactions in adolescent smoking decisions than some previous work …

Do the people around us influence our personality? To answer this question, we conduct an experiment with 543 … of peers' extraversion, agreeableness, or neuroticism. To explain these results, we propose a simple model of personality … development under the influence of peers. Consistent with the model's prediction, personality spillovers are concentrated in …

Do the people around us influence our personality? To answer this question, we conduct an experiment with 543 … personality development under the influence of peers. Consistent with the model - prediction, personality spillovers are … concentrated in traits predictive of performance. Students adopt personality traits that are productive in the university context …

This paper provides evidence of a novel facet of peer effects by showing how peer personality affects educational … persistence of their peers. The personality peer effects that we document are distinct from other observable peer characteristics … and suggest that the personality traits of peers causally affect human capital accumulation. …