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Peer effects: evidence from secondary school transition in England
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posted on 2023-06-08, 13:42 authored by Stephen Gibbons, Shqiponja TelhajShqiponja TelhajWe estimate the effect of peers' prior achievement on student progress in secondary school, using administrative data on four cohorts of students in England. Students leaving primary for secondary school experience a big change in their peer group and these changes vary randomly from cohort to cohort. We exploit this variation to identify the effect of new peers on student achievement. We show that peer quality on entry to secondary school has a significant effect on students' subsequent achievement at age 14. The effect sizes are relatively small and are linked to peers' family background and early age achievements.
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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and StatisticsISSN
1468-0084Publisher
Wiley-BlackwellExternal DOI
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4Volume
78Page range
548-575Pages
50.0Place of publication
LondonDepartment affiliated with
- Economics Publications
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London School of EconomicsFull text available
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2012-11-14Usage metrics
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