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The effect of social networks on students’ academic and non-cognitive behavioural outcomes : evidence from conditional random assignment of friends in school
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Lavy, Victor and Sand, Edith (2019) The effect of social networks on students’ academic and non-cognitive behavioural outcomes : evidence from conditional random assignment of friends in school. The Economic Journal, 129 (617). pp. 439-480. doi:10.1111/ecoj.12582 ISSN 0013-0133.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12582
Abstract
We investigate the impacts of separating students in Israel from pre-existing social relationships during the transition from elementary to middle school on their academic progress. We define several types of friendships using students’ self-defined friendship nomination and rely for identification on the random assignment of students to classes within a given school. Our results suggest that the number of friends has positive or negative effects on students’ educational outcomes, depending on the type of and on friends’ socioeconomic background. These gains might be partly mediated through greater cooperation, reduction in violent behaviour and improvements in social satisfaction in class.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | School children -- Social networks, High school students -- Social networks, Academic achievement | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Economic Journal | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0013-0133 | ||||||||
Official Date: | January 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 129 | ||||||||
Number: | 617 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 439-480 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/ecoj.12582 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 February 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 February 2020 |
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