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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 …

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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...

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A lost generation? : impact of COVID-19 on high school students' achievements

Contini, Dalit; Di Tommaso, Maria Laura; Muratori, Caterina - 2023

This paper estimates the effect of a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic on school performance, focusing on students at the end of upper secondary school who are about to enter the labour market or start university without having had the opportunity to recover. Using longitudinal data from...

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School choice, student sorting and academic performance

Munteanu, Andrei - 2024

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Improving the Implementation and Effectiveness of Out-of-School-Time Tutoring

Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Burch, Patricia; Good, Annalee; … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Intergenerational transmission of education - Uncovering the mechanisms behind high intergenerational correlations

Juárez, Florian Wendelspiess Chávez - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011

inequality of opportunity is present. …

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A theory of family education incentives and inequality

Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

-sharing between the two generations, so that poor families experience higher agency costs, therefore inequality persists. …

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Peer Effects Identified Through Social Networks: Evidence from Uruguayan Schools

Melo, Gioia De - Banco de México - 2014

his paper represents the first application of a novel strategy to estimate peer effects in education in a developing country. It provides evidence on peer effects in standardized tests by exploiting a unique data set on social networks in Uruguayan primary schools. The identification method...

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Exporters During the Trade Collapse: The (Surprising) Resiliency of the Small Exporter

Giri, Rahul; Seira, Enrique; Teshima, Kensuke - Banco de México - 2014

How did small exporters fare relative to large exporters during the 2008-09 crisis? Examining the performance of Mexican exporters reveals that the crisis did not make smaller exporters more likely to exit, grow less, or expand less their product line relative to larger exporters. Workhorse...

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Peer effects identified through social networks. Evidence from uruguayan schools.

de Melo, Gioia - Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias … - 2012

This paper provides evidence on peer effects in standardized tests by exploiting a unique data set on social networks in Uruguayan primary schools. The identification method enables one to disentangle endogenous from contextual effects via instrumental variables that emerge naturally from the...

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