Arbeitspapier
Does Gender Matter? The Effect of High Performing Peers on Academic Performances
This paper exploits student-level administrative data on the population of Italian university students from 2006 to 2014 to analyze the effects of high performing (HP) male or female peers on individual academic performance, according to the gender of the student. The identification strategy is based on quasi-random variation in the exposure to HP peers across cohorts, within the same university and the same degree program. The impact of HP students, proxied by their high school final grade, is heterogeneous. We found that female HP peers have stronger positive effects than HP males, in particular with peers of the same gender. Moreover, there is evidence that the exposure to HP males can be even negative, especially for female students in competitive environments, such as the STEM fields, and for low ability students of both genders.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14806
Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Educational Finance; Financial Aid
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions
Educational Finance; Financial Aid
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions
Thema
human capital
higher education
university performance
gender
peers
higher education
university performance
gender
peers
Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
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Modena, Francesca
Rettore, Enrico
Tanzi, Giulia
Rettore, Enrico
Tanzi, Giulia
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2021
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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12.07.2024, 13:21 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Modena, Francesca
- Rettore, Enrico
- Tanzi, Giulia
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2021
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