The present study uses doubly latent models to estimate the effect of average mathematics
achievement at the class level on students' subsequent mathematics achievement (the “Peer …

I provide evidence of social spillovers of personality by showing that being in class with
motivated peers affects educational success. I first document that academic motivation, a key …

Why do inequalities in schooling persist, even in relatively egalitarian school systems? This
article examines within school sorting as an explanation. We use classroom data on …

Health is strongly and positively correlated with education, which is one of many reasons to
better understand the determinants of education. In this paper, we test for a specific type of …

Gender norms affect girls' educational achievements. Yet, how norms are formed and what
drives their changes are still open questions. This article examines peer effects on students' …

Esta investigación se plantea con un doble objetivo: busca, por un lado, determinar la
incidencia de la segregación escolar sobre el rendimiento en matemática y en lectura de los …

This paper investigates peer effects in the academic achievement of Costa Rican students.
Two measures of peer effects are used:(1) a measure of a schools' average socioeconomic …

I study how motivation shapes own and peers' educational success. Using data from Project
STAR, I find that academic motivation in early elementary school, as measured by a …

Ability tracking, a practice of grou** students into different classrooms based on their test
scores, is prevalent in schools around the world. However, evidence on the effects of ability …

While previous research indicates that students benefit from their peers' resources, little is
known about access to social capital in the school context. Therefore, this study examines …