Jennifer Flashman
Biographic Data
| ID | 324561 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Flashman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Flashman |
| SIGNATURE | FLASHMAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Notre Dame |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
School transitions, peer influence, and educational expectation formation
Friend Effects and Racial Disparities in Academic Achievement
Racial disparities in achievement are a persistent fact of the US educational system. An often cited but rarely directly studied explanation for these disparities is that adolescents from different racial and ethnic backgrounds are exposed to different peers and have different friends. In this article I identify the impact of friends on racial and ethnic achievement disparities. Using data from Add Health and an instrumental variable approach, I …
Thick as thieves
Individuals who engage in deviant behaviors are more likely to be friends with other deviants compared to non-deviants. This pattern has been observed across different types of deviant activities and among different age groups. In question, however, is the mechanism that underlies this pattern. In this article we develop and test a new theory to explain homophily among deviants. Deviance makes one vulnerable to the risk of being caught and sancti…
Academic Achievement and Its Impact on Friend Dynamics
Academic achievement in adolescence is a key determinant of future educational and occupational success. Friends play an important role in the educational process. They provide support and resources and can both encourage and discourage academic achievement. As a result, the friends adolescents make may help to maintain and exacerbate inequality if friends are sorted on the basis of academic achievement. These observations prompt the question: Ho…
Different preferences or different opportunities? Explaining race differentials in the academic achievement of friends
Academic Achievement and Its Impact on Friend Dynamics
Academic achievement in adolescence is a key determinant of future educational and occupational success. Friends play an important role in the educational process. They provide support and resources and can both encourage and discourage academic achievement. As a result, the friends adolescents make may help to maintain and exacerbate inequality if friends are sorted on the basis of academic achievement. These observations prompt the question: Ho…
Friend Effects and Racial Disparities in Academic Achievement
Racial disparities in achievement are a persistent fact of the US educational system. An often cited but rarely directly studied explanation for these disparities is that adolescents from different racial and ethnic backgrounds are exposed to different peers and have different friends. In this article I identify the impact of friends on racial and ethnic achievement disparities. Using data from Add Health and an instrumental variable approach, I …
School transitions, peer influence, and educational expectation formation
Thick as thieves
Individuals who engage in deviant behaviors are more likely to be friends with other deviants compared to non-deviants. This pattern has been observed across different types of deviant activities and among different age groups. In question, however, is the mechanism that underlies this pattern. In this article we develop and test a new theory to explain homophily among deviants. Deviance makes one vulnerable to the risk of being caught and sancti…
Different preferences or different opportunities? Explaining race differentials in the academic achievement of friends
Academic Achievement and Its Impact on Friend Dynamics
Academic achievement in adolescence is a key determinant of future educational and occupational success. Friends play an important role in the educational process. They provide support and resources and can both encourage and discourage academic achievement. As a result, the friends adolescents make may help to maintain and exacerbate inequality if friends are sorted on the basis of academic achievement. These observations prompt the question: Ho…
Different preferences or different opportunities? Explaining race differentials in the academic achievement of friends
Friend Effects and Racial Disparities in Academic Achievement
Racial disparities in achievement are a persistent fact of the US educational system. An often cited but rarely directly studied explanation for these disparities is that adolescents from different racial and ethnic backgrounds are exposed to different peers and have different friends. In this article I identify the impact of friends on racial and ethnic achievement disparities. Using data from Add Health and an instrumental variable approach, I …
Thick as thieves
Individuals who engage in deviant behaviors are more likely to be friends with other deviants compared to non-deviants. This pattern has been observed across different types of deviant activities and among different age groups. In question, however, is the mechanism that underlies this pattern. In this article we develop and test a new theory to explain homophily among deviants. Deviance makes one vulnerable to the risk of being caught and sancti…
School transitions, peer influence, and educational expectation formation
Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Academic achievement (3 works) · Friendship (3 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (3 works) · School Choice and Performance (3 works) · Affect (linguistics) (2 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works)