Peer desirability and academic achievement

IF 2.3 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Applied Econometrics Pub Date : 2024-02-26 DOI:10.1002/jae.3036

Adrian Mehic

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Abstract

Using the random assignment of university engineering students to peer groups during introductory freshmen weeks, this paper studies how a student's parental income and facial attractiveness affect the grade outcomes of peers. The results show that exposure to highly desirable peers with respect to socioeconomic background and beauty improves grades. The results operate chiefly through a direct spillover channel and also through an indirect marriage market channel, through which exposure to high-desirability peers improves well-being. A field experiment suggests that the marriage market mechanism is likely to be limited to students not currently in a romantic relationship.

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同伴可取性与学习成绩

本文采用随机分配的方法，将大学工科学生随机分配到新生入门周的同龄人群体中，研究学生父母的收入和面部吸引力如何影响同龄人的成绩。研究结果表明，与社会经济背景和美貌方面都非常优秀的同学交往会提高成绩。这些结果主要是通过直接的溢出效应渠道和间接的婚姻市场渠道产生的。一项实地实验表明，婚姻市场机制可能仅限于目前没有恋爱关系的学生。

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Journal of Applied Econometrics Multiple-

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3.70

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4.80%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Econometrics is an international journal published bi-monthly, plus 1 additional issue (total 7 issues). It aims to publish articles of high quality dealing with the application of existing as well as new econometric techniques to a wide variety of problems in economics and related subjects, covering topics in measurement, estimation, testing, forecasting, and policy analysis. The emphasis is on the careful and rigorous application of econometric techniques and the appropriate interpretation of the results. The economic content of the articles is stressed. A special feature of the Journal is its emphasis on the replicability of results by other researchers. To achieve this aim, authors are expected to make available a complete set of the data used as well as any specialised computer programs employed through a readily accessible medium, preferably in a machine-readable form. The use of microcomputers in applied research and transferability of data is emphasised. The Journal also features occasional sections of short papers re-evaluating previously published papers. The intention of the Journal of Applied Econometrics is to provide an outlet for innovative, quantitative research in economics which cuts across areas of specialisation, involves transferable techniques, and is easily replicable by other researchers. Contributions that introduce statistical methods that are applicable to a variety of economic problems are actively encouraged. The Journal also aims to publish review and survey articles that make recent developments in the field of theoretical and applied econometrics more readily accessible to applied economists in general.