@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8823, author={Kristoffersen, Jannie H. G. and Kraegpøth, Morten Visby and Nielsen, Helena Skyt and Simonsen, Marianne}, title={Disruptive School Peers and Student Outcomes}, year={2015}, month={Jan}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={8823}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8823}, abstract={This paper estimates how peers' achievement gains are affected by the presence of potentially disruptive and emotionally sensitive children in the school-cohort. We exploit that some children move between schools and thus generate variation in peer composition in the receiving school-cohort. We identify three groups of potentially disruptive and emotionally sensitive children from detailed Danish register data: children with divorced parents, children with parents convicted of crime, and children with a psychiatric diagnosis. We find that adding potentially disruptive children lowers the academic achievement of peers by about 1.7-2.3 percent of a standard deviation.}, keywords={student mobility;special educational needs;education;value added model}, }