%0 Report
        %A Schilter, Claudio
%A Lüthi, Samuel
%A Wolter, Stefan C.
        %T Competitive Peers: The Way to Higher Paying Jobs?
        %D 2024
        %8 2024 Sep
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 17289
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp17289
        %X We merge experimental data on competitiveness of a large sample of students with their complete educational history for up to ten years after the initial assessment. Exploiting quasi-random class assignments, we find that having competitive peers as classmates makes students choose and secure positions in higher-paying occupations. These occupations are also more challenging and more popular. On the cost side, competitive peers do not lead to a lower probability of graduating from the subsequent job-specific education, but they significantly increase the probability of requiring extra time to do so.
        %K peer effects
%K competitiveness
%K occupational choice