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High-ability influencers? : the heterogeneous effects of gifted classmates
Balestra, Simone; Sallin, Aurélien; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241539
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High-ability influencers? : the heterogeneous effects of gifted classmates
Balestra, Simone; Sallin, Aurélien; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2020
This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school … combined with psychological examination records, we study the causal impact of gifted students on their classmates in … unprecedented detail. We find a positive and significant effect of the exposure to gifted students on school achievement in both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389470
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High-ability influencers? : the heterogeneous effects of gifted classmates
Balestra, Simone; Sallin, Aurélien; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2020
This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school … combined with psychological examination records, we study the causal impact of gifted students on their classmates in … unprecedented detail. We find a positive and significant effect of the exposure to gifted students on school achievement in both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012391367
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Sitting Next to a Dropout - Academic Success of Students with More Educated Peers
Goller, Daniel; Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our … of dropouts on first-time students’ success masks treatment heterogeneity and non-linearities. First, we find negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081431
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Sitting Next to a Dropout : Academic Success of Students with More Educated Peers
Goller, Daniel; Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our … of dropouts on first- time students' success masks treatment heterogeneity and non-linearities. First, we find negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081872
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Sitting next to a dropout : academic success of students with more educated peers
Goller, Daniel; Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our … of dropouts on first-time students' success masks treatment heterogeneity and non-linearities. First, we find negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266013
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Sitting next to a dropout: study success of students with peers that came to the lecture hall by a different route
Goller, Daniel; Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022 - This version: January 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013093222
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Sitting next to a dropout : academic success of students with more educated peers
Goller, Daniel; Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our … of dropouts on first- time students' success masks treatment heterogeneity and non-linearities. First, we find negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013264842
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Sitting next to a dropout : academic success of students with more educated peers
Goller, Daniel; Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: Economics of education review 93 (2023), pp. 1-19
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279647
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Under pressure? : the effect of peers on outcomes of young adults
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010
A variety of public campaigns, including the "Just Say No" campaign of the 1980s and 1990s that encouraged teenagers to "Just Say No to Drugs", are based on the premise that teenagers are very susceptible to peer influences. Despite this, very little is known about the effect of school peers on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003965640