TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Lenard, Matthew A.
AU  - Silliman, Mikko
        TI  - Informal Social Interactions, Academic Achievement and Behavior: Evidence from Peers on the School Bus
        PY  - 2024/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16982
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16982
        AB  - We study the effects of informal social interactions on academic achievement and behavior using idiosyncratic variation in peer groups stemming from changes in bus routes across elementary, middle, and high school. Our results suggest that student interactions outside the classroom - especially in adolescence - may be an important factor in the education production function for both academic and, particularly, behavioral skills. The effects of interactions on the bus are also related to neighborhood measures - suggesting that one way that interactions on the bus may matter is by amplifying interactions in the neighborhood.
        KW  - social interactions
KW  - peer effects
KW  - education
KW  - behavior
        ER  -