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Spillovers in fields of study: siblings, cousins, and neighbors
Avdeev, Stanislav; Ketel, Nadine; Oosterbeek, Hessel; … - 2023 - This version: September 2023
We use admission lotteries for higher education studies in the Netherlands to investigate whether someone's field of study influences the study choices of their younger peers. We find that younger siblings and cousins are strongly affected. Also younger neighbors are affected but to a smaller...
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Integrating minorities in the classroom : the role of students, parents, and teachers
Gendre, Alexandra de; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Salamanca, … - 2024
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014527176
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Integrating minorities in the classroom : the role of students, parents, and teachers
Gendre, Alexandra de; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Salamanca, … - 2024
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529185
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The impact of peer performance and relative rank on managerial career attainment : evidence from college students
Ribas, Rafael Pérez; Sampaio, Breno; Trevisan, Giuseppe - 2024
class rank on college students' managerial attainment is crucial for understanding some determinants of career advancement …. This paper estimates the effect of a low rank in a highperforming class on the probability of college students attaining a … employment registries. For most programs, this university divides first-year students into two classes based on their preferences …
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Effects of peers and rank on cognition, preferences, and personality
Dasgupta, Utteeyo; Mani, Subha; Sharma, Smriti; … - 2020
We exploit the variation in admission cutoffs across colleges at a leading Indian university to estimate the causal effects of enrolling in a selective college on cognitive attainment, economic preferences, and Big Five personality traits. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that...
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Cognitive, socioemotional, and behavioural returns to college quality
Dasgupta, Utteeyo; Mani, Subha; Sharma, Smriti; … - 2017
We exploit the variation in the admissions process across colleges of a leading Indian university to estimate the causal effects of enrolling in a selective college on: cognitive attainment using scores on standardized university exams; behavioural preferences such as risk, competitiveness, and...
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No experience necessary : the peer effects of intended entrepreneurs
Hacamo, Isaac; Kleiner, Kristoph - In: Review of finance : journal of the European Finance … 28 (2024) 4, pp. 1311-1344
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The effect of peer gender on major choice in business school
Zölitz, Ulf; Feld, Jan - In: Management science : journal of the Institute for … 67 (2021) 11, pp. 6963-6979
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The Effect of Peer Gender on Major Choice in Business School
Zölitz, Ulf - 2020
Business degrees are popular and lead to high earnings. Female business graduates, however, earn less than their male counterparts. These gender differences can be traced back to university, where women shy away from majors like finance that lead to high earnings. In this paper, we investigate...
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The effect of peer gender on major choice in business school
Zölitz, Ulf; Feld, Jan - 2020
Business degrees are popular and lead to high earnings. Female business graduates, however, earn less than their male counterparts. These gender differences can be traced back to university, where women shy away from majors like finance that lead to high earnings. In this paper, we investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239613