@techreport{Zimmerman2004Institutional,
abstract = {In this paper we present estimates of roommate and institution based peer effects.
Using data from the College & Beyond survey, the Freshman survey, and phonebook
data that allows us to identify college roommates \textendash{} we estimate models of students?
political persuasion and intellectual engagement. The evidence suggests that a student?s
roommate?s political sentiments have some impact on their own political views later in
life. We also implement a cluster based analysis that attempts to answer the question:
how would a student?s outcomes have changed if they?d attended a very different school?
Our findings suggest that student outcomes are, indeed, sensitive to the school they
attend. Similar students attending schools that have a decidedly different ?ethos? differ
in important ways post-college. Institutional peer effects seem to have a powerful effect
on student outcomes.},
author = {David J. Zimmerman and David Rosenblum and Preston Hillman},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330; Meinung; Soziale Integration; Studium; Sch\"{a}tzung; USA; peer effects},
language = {eng},
number = {68},
title = {Institutional Ethos, Peers and Individual Outcomes},
type = {WPEHE discussion paper series / Williams College, Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/23515},
year = {2004}
}
