-performing third grade students in Colombia, to study whether providing educational support to low-achieving students affects the …-form effect on higher-achieving students as a spillover effect within treated schools. We then estimate a linear-in-means model of …. We explore several mechanisms, including teachers' effort, students' misbehavior, and peer-to-peer interactions. Our …

of a two-day freshman orientation program for university students, I find that higher ability peers generate positive … students by 0.05 to 0.08 SD. I provide evidence that the effects result from the formation of lasting social ties, and that …

a novel large scale field experiment at university, where students are randomized into work groups based on their score …. Further analysis suggests that students exposed to creative peers become more creative, but do not adjust their overall study … effort. This is in line with the idea that creative approaches and questions of peers help students to master the study …

effect on the individual decision to attend university and observe stronger peer effects among groups of students of similar …

We develop a multi-agent model of the education production function where investments of students, parents, and … survey data and a mandate to randomly assign students to classrooms. Consistent with our model, we show that exposure to …

We develop a multi-agent model of the education production function where investments of students, parents, and … survey data and a mandate to randomly assign students to classrooms. Consistent with our model, we show that exposure to …

from classical estimates (where effort is approximated) if the network includes isolated students. Applying our approach to … data on high school students in the United States, we find that peer effect estimates relying on GPA as a proxy for effort …