Arbeitspapier
The long-run effects of peers on mental health
This paper studies how peers in school affect students' mental health. Guided by a theoretical framework, we find that increasing students' relative ranks in their cohorts by one standard deviation improves their mental health by 6% of a standard deviation conditional on own ability. These effects are more pronounced for low-ability students, persistent for at least 14 years, and carry over to economic long-run outcomes. Moreover, we document a strong asymmetry: Students who receive negative rather than positive shocks react more strongly. Our findings therefore provide evidence on how the school environment can have long-lasting consequences for the well-being of individuals.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Discussion Papers of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods ; No. 2020/12
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Health and Inequality
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Thema
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Peer Effects
Mental Health
Depression
Rank Effects
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Kiessling, Lukas
Norris, Jonathan
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2020
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Kiessling, Lukas
- Norris, Jonathan
- Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Entstanden
- 2020
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