Arbeitspapier

Peer effects in European primary schools: evidence from PIRLS

We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable estimates of peer effects in standard OLS specifications. The size of the estimate is much reduced within schools. This could be explained either by selection into schools or by measurement error in the peer background variable. When we correct for measurement error we find within school estimates close to the original OLS estimates. Our results suggest that the peer effect is modestly large, measurement error is important in our survey data, and selection plays little role in biasing peer effects estimates. We find no significant evidence of non-linear peer effects.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2077

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Thema
peer effects
measurement error
Allgemeinbildende Schule
Schüler
Bildungsverhalten
Bildungsniveau
Schätzung
Deutschland
Frankreich
Island
Niederlande
Norwegen
Schweden

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ammermüller, Andreas
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2006

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ammermüller, Andreas
  • Pischke, Jörn-Steffen
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2006

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