There is a perception among native born parents in the U.S. that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools … though negligible peer effects of Limited English (LE) students on achievement of other students, potential peer effects of … selectivity across time and schools. On average we find no evidence of negative peer effects of LE students on females and white …

There is a perception among native born parents in the USA that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools … suggests negative though negligible peer effects of Limited English (LE) students and black students on the achievement of … other students, potential peer effects of students from Latin America in general have not been considered. In this paper, we …

I examine the effects of peer ethnic composition on college students' educational outcomes. I use a sample of freshmen … cohorts from 1991 to 2002 at Texas universities from the Texas Higher Education Opportunity Project data. This paper … the college completion rates of Hispanic students. The results also suggest that the total peer effects on college …

chooses a science major and on his or her cumulative GPA. Conversely, students who attend campuses with stronger peers in the … sciences are less likely to graduate with a science degree. Weaker, non-minority students typically react to stronger peers in …

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 …