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Intergenerational persistence in studying for elite education is high across the world. We study the role that exposure to high school peers from elite educated families ('elite peers') plays in driving such a phenomenon in Norway. Using register data on ten cohorts of high school students and...
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migrant-to-migrant peer effects are higher in ability-differencing school systems than in comprehensive schools. Thus, non … parental status would benefit from higher diversity within schools. -- Peer effects ; migration ; education social multipliers …
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-specific oppositional cultures. Theoretically, we argue that group-based oppositional cultures become more likely in schools with low socio …-economic resources and in schools where socio-economic differences align with demographic attributes. We test our hypotheses based on …-performing peers less positively than girls do in schools that are less resourceful. Moreover, ethnic minority boys tend to evaluate …
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This paper investigates direct peer influence in upper-secondary track choice in the stratified and selective Hungarian educational system and makes two contributions to the literature. First, it tests both peer-contrasting and peer-conforming influences by considering peers' GPA and endogenous...
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