TY - JOUR
T1 - On the peer effects of star students
AU - Barron, Manuel
AU - Basurto, Pia
AU - Cuadra, Gabriela
PY - 2018/7/12
Y1 - 2018/7/12
N2 - We estimate the effect that star students have on their siblings’ learning outcomes, measured by their high school grade point average (GPA) and their math grades. To this end, we couple administrative school data on grades with an unusual natural experiment in Peru that generates exogenous variation in the presence of star students at home. We find that star students increase their siblings’ GPA by 0.33 SDs and their math grades by 0.22 SDs. The effect size is inversely related to number of siblings, suggesting that the remaining siblings act as substitutes for the star student.
AB - We estimate the effect that star students have on their siblings’ learning outcomes, measured by their high school grade point average (GPA) and their math grades. To this end, we couple administrative school data on grades with an unusual natural experiment in Peru that generates exogenous variation in the presence of star students at home. We find that star students increase their siblings’ GPA by 0.33 SDs and their math grades by 0.22 SDs. The effect size is inversely related to number of siblings, suggesting that the remaining siblings act as substitutes for the star student.
KW - Education spillovers
KW - peer effects
KW - siblings
KW - Education spillovers
KW - peer effects
KW - siblings
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85028541014&origin=inward
U2 - 10.1080/13504851.2017.1368983
DO - 10.1080/13504851.2017.1368983
M3 - Article in a journal
SN - 1350-4851
VL - 25
SP - 821
EP - 825
JO - Applied Economics Letters
JF - Applied Economics Letters
IS - 12
ER -
