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 …

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 …

the academic performance was assessed through questions related to Academic scores, the activities that the students enjoy …

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 …

paper investigates whether the ability of classmates affects the educational attainment of immigrant students. We focus not … strategy addresses students' endogenous sorting into classes by exploiting the within-student across-subjects variation in …. While native students are mostly influenced by the average quality of their peers, immigrant children are detrimentally …

This paper examines schools' decisions to sort students into different classes and how those sorting processes impact …," which allows teachers to direct their focus to a more narrow range of students, and a peer effect, which causes a particular … tracking effect and the peer effect should benefit high performing students. However, the effects would work in opposite …

This study examines the effect of peer groups on the exercise habits of focal students. Using a nationally … representative sample of junior high school students in China, we exploit the random assignment of students to classrooms to estimate … on the persistence of exercise habits among students. Furthermore, we find a positive correlation between a higher …