Do Peer Groups Matter? Peer Group versus Schooling Effects on Academic Attainment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9724671 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald Robertson (0000-0001-6415-0970), D H Robertson (0000-0002-4624-6140, University of Cambridge), James Symons (University College London) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 277 |
| Pages | 31-53 |
| Publication date | 2003-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-0335.d01-46 |
| OpenAlex | W2155031043 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 22 |
This paper estimates an educational production function. Educational attainment is a function of peer group, parental input and schooling. Conventional measures of school quality are not good predictors for academic attainment, once we control for peer group effects; parental qualities also have strong effects on academic attainment. This academic attainment is a then a key determinant of subsequent labour market success, as measured by earnings. The main methodological innovation in this paper is the nomination of a set of instruments, very broad regions of birth, which, as a whole, pass close scrutiny for validity and permit unbiased estimation of the production function
Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Earnings · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Function (biology) · Group (periodic table) · Microeconomics · Nomination · Peer effects · Peer group · Physics · Political science · Production (economics) · Quality (philosophy) · Scrutiny · Set (abstract data type) · Accounting · Computer Science · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,92 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2024 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |