Konferenzbeitrag
Big Fishes in Small Ponds: Ability Rank and Human Capital Investment
We study the impact of a student's ordinal rank in a high-school cohort on educational attainment several years later. To identify a causal effect, we compare multiple cohorts within the same school, exploiting exogenous variation in cohort composition. We nd that a student's ordinal rank in high-school signi cantly affects educational outcomes later in life. If two students with the same ability have a different rank in their respective cohort, the student with the higher rank is signi cantly more likely to nish high-school, to attend college, and to complete a 4-year college degree. These results suggest that students under- invest in their human capital if they have a low rank within their cohort even though they have a high ability compared to most students of the same age. Exploring potential channels, we nd that students with a higher rank have higher expectations about their future career, and feel that they are being treated more fairly by their teachers.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Understanding the nature of peer effects ; No. E02-V3
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Analysis of Education
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Elsner, Benjamin
Isphording, Ingo
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Konferenzbeitrag
Beteiligte
- Elsner, Benjamin
- Isphording, Ingo
Entstanden
- 2015
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