-achieving students and no significant effects among low achievers. Students in top tracking enjoyed multiple advantages, particularly a … concentration of high-performing peers and a very homogeneous classroom, that facilitated the teacher's work and increased students …' effort l evels. Bimodal classes fostered greater effort levels among top students, while teachers induced less competition …

effect on the individual decision to attend university and observe stronger peer effects among groups of students of similar …

estimates, while causal, may also reflect peer effects due to differences in peer quality of non-randomized students. We exploit … universal random assignment of students to high schools in certain areas of South Korea to provide estimates of school effects …

-performing third grade students in Colombia, to study whether providing educational support to low-achieving students affects the …-form effect on higher-achieving students as a spillover effect within treated schools. We then estimate a linear-in-means model of …. We explore several mechanisms, including teachers' effort, students' misbehavior, and peer-to-peer interactions. Our …

This paper evaluates the diffusion of peer effects on academic achievement of 4th grade students in the Brazilian …

This paper investigates peer effects in the academic achievement of Costa Rican students. Two measures of peer effects … needs. These results are robust for mathematics, reading and science. Results from quantile regression reveal that students … (mathematics and reading). Meanwhile, students with low academic achievement are the most affected by studying in poorer districts …