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 …

This paper uses random assignment of students to investigate the impact of study groups and roommates on academic … lower ability students benefit from high ability students but not vice versa …

socioeconomic segregation in which students are assigned to public schools according to their neighborhood of residence, peer …

. Given that students are assigned to schools based on proximity from their residential address, we define as neighbors all … 12th grade. Using data for the universe of students in public schools in Greece between 2004 and 2009, we find that a …

I examine the effects of peer ethnic composition on college students' educational outcomes. I use a sample of freshmen … the college completion rates of Hispanic students. The results also suggest that the total peer effects on college … graduation rates are positive for non-STEM, academically less-prepared, and male Hispanic students. This paper presents an …

and environment, impacting students' efforts. Using two rich administrative data sets and a rule of admission at one top … and labour market outcomes. The rule creates two potential effects on students: peer and ranking effects. The last student … analyses separately for affirmative action students and regular students. The main results suggest that affirmative action …

Using detailed Danish administrative data covering the entire population of students entering higher education in the … students' drop out decisions as well as later labor market outcomes. Overall, we find that a one standard deviation increase in … for lower ability students. …

programs have been touted as a potential solution to help such students acclimate to college life, yet causal evidence on the … experiment in which peer advisors (PAs) were quasi-randomly assigned to first-year university students to show that 1) male … students were significantly more likely to voluntarily meet with their assigned PA when the PA was also male and 2) these …