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dc.contributor.authorZimmerman, David J.en
dc.contributor.authorRosenblum, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorHillman, Prestonen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-29T16:09:46Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-29T16:09:46Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/23515-
dc.description.abstractIn 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 - 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aWilliams College, Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education (WPEHE) |cWilliamstown, MAen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWPEHE Discussion Paper |x68en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.stwMeinungen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Integrationen
dc.subject.stwStudiumen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.subject.stwpeer effectsen
dc.titleInstitutional Ethos, Peers and Individual Outcomes-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn393767108en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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