about the peer effects of working with good peers, the effects of working with good bosses appear much more substantial. A …

by exploiting quasi-random variation in the exposure of students to peers with highly-educated parents across cohorts …-run educational outcomes of their peers. Using data from a recent cohort of students in the United States, we identify a causal effect … within a school. We find that greater exposure to "high-achieving" boys, as proxied by their parents' education, decreases …

increase social welfare. The chapter summarizes the literature on the consequences of risky health behaviors for economic …

how lead-exposed children affect the learning environment of their classroom peers. We estimate these spillover effects … find that having more lead-exposed peers is associated with lower test scores and graduation rates, increased suspensions …

2014 to analyze the effects of high performing (HP) male or female peers on individual academic performance, according to … the gender of the student. The identification strategy is based on quasi-random variation in the exposure to HP peers … school final grade, is heterogeneous. We found that female HP peers have stronger positive effects than HP males, in …