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The good, the bad, and the average : evidence on ability peer effects in schools
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Lavy, Victor, Silva, Olmo and Weinhardt, Felix (2012) The good, the bad, and the average : evidence on ability peer effects in schools. Journal of Labor Economics, Vol.30 (No.2). pp. 367-414. doi:10.1086/663592
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/663592
Abstract
We study ability peer effects in English secondary schools using data on four cohorts of students taking age-14 national tests and measuring peers’ ability by prior achievements at age 11. Our identification is based on within-pupil regressions exploiting variation in achievements across three compulsory subjects tested at age 14 and age 11. Using this novel strategy, we find significant and sizable negative effects arising from bad peers at the bottom of the ability distribution but little evidence that average peer quality and good peers matter. However, these results are heterogeneous, with girls benefiting from academically bright peers and boys not.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Labor Economics | ||||
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| ISSN: | 0734-306X | ||||
| Official Date: | April 2012 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.30 | ||||
| Number: | No.2 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 48 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 367-414 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1086/663592 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | ||||
| Grant number: | ES/F022166/1 |
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