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The Persistent Effects of Short-Term Peer Groups in Higher Education
This paper studies the persistent effects of short-term peer exposure in a college setting. I exploit the random assignment of undergraduates to peer groups during a mandatory orientation week and follow the students until graduation. High levels of peer ability in a group harm the students' test scores and lead to increases in the probability of early dropout; this result is driven by the adverse effect of high-ability peers on low-ability students. I find suggestive evidence for discouragement effects: Peer ability is negatively correlated with the students' confidence in their academic ability after the first week.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 2018:32
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Thema
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peer effect
higher education
natural experiment
ability
educational attainment
dropout
major choice
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Thiemann, Petra
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics
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Lund
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2018
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Thiemann, Petra
- Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics
Entstanden
- 2018
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