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| Titel: | Peer Effects in European Primary Schools: Evidence from PIRLS |
| Autoren: | Ammermüller, Andreas Pischke, Jörn-Steffen |
| Datum: | 2006 |
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| Reihe/Nr.: | ZEW Discussion Papers 06-27 |
| Zusammenfassung: | We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification
relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary
schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous
studies, we find sizeable estimates of peer effects in standard OLS specifications. The size of
the estimate is much reduced within schools. This could be explained either by selection into
schools or by measurement error in the peer background variable. When we correct for
measurement error we find within school estimates close to the original OLS estimates. Our
results suggest that the peer effect is modestly large, measurement error is important in our
survey data, and selection plays little role in biasing peer effects estimates. We find no
significant evidence of non-linear peer effects. |
| Erscheint in der Sammlung: | ZEW Discussion Papers
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