achievement. We exploit random assignment of students to university sections and find that students perform better in the presence … of more persistent peers and more risk-averse peers. In particular, low-persistence students benefit from highly …-persistent peers without devoting additional efforts to studying. However, highly-persistent students are not affected by the …

achievement. We exploit random assignment of students to university sections and find that students perform better in the presence … of more persistent peers and more risk-averse peers. In particular, low-persistence students benefit from highly …-persistent peers without devoting additional efforts to studying. However, highly-persistent students are not affected by the …

This paper identifies the effect peer ability has not only on a student’s academic performance but also on their effort … effect of a change in the ability of non-carryover peers is found to be positive on both a student’s academic performance and … is found to be negative for the lowest relative ability students, but positive and of the greatest magnitude for those of …

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 …

of college students. Specifically, we leverage a Monte Carlo Markov Chain (MCMC)-based method to jointly model peer …, and how students’ performances are subsequently affected by their own decisions as well as peers’ behaviors. Our findings …

This paper deals with the data of dormitory students in National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College to …