We analyze the impact of classroom peers' ability (measured by their individual fixed effects)
on student achievement for all Florida public school students in grades 3–10 over a 6-year …

We survey the theoretical and empirical literature on peer effects in education. Theoretical
models of peer effects are first summarized. Models of educational provision regimes in …

This paper proposes an empirical model of network formation, combining strategic and
random networks features. Payoffs depend on direct links, but also link externalities. Players …

Racial disparities in school discipline are believed to contribute to the persistent
achievement gap between black and white students. In this article, I estimate the relationship …

This paper studies voting in corporate director elections. We construct a comprehensive data
set of 2,058,788 mutual fund votes over a two-year period. We find systematic heterogeneity …

This paper estimates peer effects on student achievement using a panel data set from a
middle school in China. Unique features of the organization of Chinese middle schools …

The main challenges in estimating strategic network formation models are the presence of
multiple equilibria, and the fact that the number of possible network configurations increases …

This paper finds that a student's share of opposite gender school friends negatively affects
high school GPA. It uses the gender composition of schoolmates in an individual's …

This paper studies racial segregation in schools using data on student friendships from Add
Health. I estimate an equilibrium model of friendship formation, with preferences allowing …

Student removal became an increasingly utilized form of discipline since the implementation
of zero-tolerance policies during the early 1990s. Evaluative studies have consistently found …