estimation of education production functions. In this paper, based on the sociological concept of homophily, I introduce social … assessment. For students, the likelihood of cooperation increases conditionally on visible and non-visible characteristics, such …

Peer effects in education production functions are predominantly employed as the mean classroom performance. Based on … in the USA in the TIMSS 2015 student assessment. For students, the likelihood of cooperation increases conditional on …

Students face four decision margins: (a) How many years to spend in school, (b) What to study, (c) How much effort to … schools operate and how they might be made more effective. In this new framework students have a dual role. They are both (a … behavior of students, teachers and administrators depends on the incentives facing them and the actions of the other actors in …

students with the same ability have a different rank in their respective cohort, the higher- ranked student is significantly …-ranked students under-invest in their human capital even if they have a high ability compared to most students of the same age …. Exploring potential channels, we find that students with a higher rank have higher expectations about their future career, a …

school or college on subsequent outcomes of students. We review this recent literature, describing the difficult … for ability or achievement and across a range of countries, ages, and types of educational institutions, students that are … into other educational phenomena such as the extent to which students benefit from high ability peers and the presence of a …