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236 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11731
Who Teaches the Teachers? A RCT of Peer-To-Peer Observation and Feedback in 181 Schools
Richard J. Murphy, Felix Weinhardt, Gill Wyness
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 82, 102091
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11546
Learning Hope and Optimism: Classmate Experiences and Adolescent Development
Jason M. Fletcher, Jin Ho Kim
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2019, 26 (5), 409-412
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11436
Conformism, Social Norms and the Dynamics of Assimilation
Gonzalo Olcina, Fabrizio Panebianco, Yves Zenou
published as 'Conformism, social pressure, and the dynamics of integration' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 2020, 279 - 304
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11419
The Returns to Schooling Unveiled
Ana Rute Cardoso, Paulo Guimaraes, Pedro Portugal, Hugo Reis
part 1 of this paper published online as 'What Lies Behind the Returns to Schooling: The Role of Labor Market Sorting and Worker Heterogeneity' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 22 August 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11413
Social Interactions and Stigmatized Behavior: "Donating" Blood Plasma in Rural China
Xi Chen, David E. Sahn, Xiaobo Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11365
The Impact of Self-Selection on Performance
Lukas Kiessling, Jonas Radbruch, Sebastian Schaube
substantially revised version published as ' Self-Selection of Peers and Performance' in Management Science, 2022, 68 (11), 7793 - 8514
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11365
The Impact of Self-Selection on Performance
Lukas Kiessling, Jonas Radbruch, Sebastian Schaube
substantially revised version published as ' Self-Selection of Peers and Performance' in Management Science, 2022, 68 (11), 7793 - 8514
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11352
Health Workers' Behavior, Patient Reporting and Reputational Concerns: Lab-in-the-Field Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Isaac M. Mbiti, Danila Serra
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11334
Intergenerational Spillovers in Disability Insurance
Gordon B. Dahl, Anne C. Gielen
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13 (2), 116-150
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11267
Better Together? Social Networks in Truancy and the Targeting of Treatment
Magdalena Bennett, Peter Bergman
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (1), 1-36
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11200
Parents, Siblings and Schoolmates: The Effects of Family-School Interactions on Educational Achievement and Long-Term Labor Market Outcomes
Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Cappellari
published as 'Who benefits from privileged peers? Evidence from siblings in schools' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2020, 35 (7), 893 - 916
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11124
Building Human or Criminal Capital? School Peer Effects on Future Offending
Britt Ostergaard Larsen, Nicolai Kristensen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11027
The Effect of Immigrant Peers in Vocational Schools
Tommaso Frattini, Elena Meschi
published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 113, 1-22
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11024
The Persistent Effects of Short-Term Peer Groups in Higher Education
Petra Thiemann
revised version published in: Management Science, 2022, 68( 2), 1131-1148
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10797
Adults Behaving Badly: The Effects of Own and Peer Parents' Incarceration on Adolescent Criminal Activities
Jason M. Fletcher
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10784
Nudging Study Habits: A Field Experiment on Peer Tutoring in Higher Education
Nicholas Wilson, Todd Pugatch
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 62, 151 - 161
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10783
How Do Peers Impact Learning? An Experimental Investigation of Peer-To-Peer Teaching and Ability Tracking
Erik O. Kimbrough, Andrew McGee, Hitoshi Shigeoka
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (1), 304-339.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10783
How Do Peers Impact Learning? An Experimental Investigation of Peer-To-Peer Teaching and Ability Tracking
Erik O. Kimbrough, Andrew McGee, Hitoshi Shigeoka
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (1), 304-339.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10743
Foreign Peer Effects and STEM Major Choice
Massimo Anelli, Kevin Y. Shih, Kevin Williams
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10701
Cognitive, Socioemotional and Behavioral Returns to College Quality
Utteeyo Dasgupta, Subha Mani, Smriti Sharma, Saurabh Singhal
published as 'Effects of Peers and Rank on Cognition, Preferences, and Personality' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104 (3), 587 - 601
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10588
Gender and Peer Effects in Social Networks
Julie Beugnot, Bernard Fortin, Guy Lacroix, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 113, 207-224
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10586
Girls Helping Girls: The Impact of Female Peers on Grades and Educational Choices
Pal Schone, Kristine von Simson, Marte Strom
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10526
Parents and Peers: Parental Neighbourhood- and School-Level Variation in Individual Neighbourhood Outcomes over Time
Elise de Vuijst, Maarten van Ham
published in: European Sociological Review, 2019, 35 (1), 15–28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10483
Brothers in Arms: Spillovers from a Draft Lottery
Paul Bingley, Petter Lundborg, Stéphanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen
published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 06 August 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10384
Performance in Mixed-Sex and Single-Sex Tournaments: What We Can Learn from Speedboat Races in Japan
Alison L. Booth, Eiji Yamamura
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100 (4), 581 - 593
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10238
Does Classroom Gender Composition Affect School Dropout?
Bulent Anil, Duygu Guner, Tuba Toru Delibasi, Gokce Uysal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10173
Peer Effects in Parental Leave Decisions
Clara Welteke, Katharina Wrohlich
published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 56 (2), 146-163.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10070
Young Adults Living with Their Parents and the Influence of Peers
Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Ezgi Kaya
published in: The Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (3), 689-713
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10065
The Impact of Immigrant Peers on Native Students' Academic Achievement in Countries Where Parents of Immigrants Are Relatively Skilled
Kelvin Seah
published in: Australian Economic Review, 2021, 54(1), 94-116
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9985
Neighborhood Effects, Peer Classification, and the Decision of Women to Work
Nuno Mota, Eleonora Patacchini, Stuart S. Rosenthal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9984
Gendered Entrepreneurship Networks
Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
revised version published as 'The Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship - The Role of Peer Effects' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 134, 356-373
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9956
LATE for the Meeting: Gender, Peer Advising, and College Success
Jimmy R. Ellis, Seth Gershenson
published as 'Gender, peer advising, and college success' in: Labour Economics, 2020, 62, 101775
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9946
Profit Sharing and Peer Reporting
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Andrea Robbett, Prottoy Akbar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9927
The Family Peer Effect on Mothers' Labour Supply
Cheti Nicoletti, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey
published in: American Economics Journal: Applied Economics; 2018, 10 (3), 206 - 234
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9894
Improving the Peer Review Process: A Proposed Market System
Paul Frijters, Benno Torgler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9795
Heterogeneous Effects of High School Peers on Educational Outcomes
Silvia Mendolia, Alfredo R. Paloyo, Ian Walker
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70 (3), 613 - 634
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9714
Smoking Peer Effects among Adolescents: Are Popular Teens More Influential?
Juan David Robalino
published in: PLoS One, 2018, 13 (7), e0189360.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9708
Peer Effects in Employment Status: Evidence from Housing Lotteries for Forced Evacuees in Fukushima
Ayako Kondo, Masahiro Shoji
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 113, 103195
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9696
The Effect of Supplemental Instruction on Academic Performance: An Encouragement Design Experiment
Alfredo R. Paloyo, Sally Rogan, Peter Siminski
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 55, 57-69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9661
Gender and Racial Differences in Peer Effects of Limited English Students: A Story of Language or Ethnicity?
Timothy M. Diette, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2017, 6:2
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9661
Gender and Racial Differences in Peer Effects of Limited English Students: A Story of Language or Ethnicity?
Timothy M. Diette, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2017, 6:2
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9661
Gender and Racial Differences in Peer Effects of Limited English Students: A Story of Language or Ethnicity?
Timothy M. Diette, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2017, 6:2
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9615
The Importance of Peers for Compliance with Norms of Fair Sharing
Simon Gächter, Leonie Gerhards, Daniele Nosenzo
revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2017, 97, 72-86
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9573
Informal versus Formal Search: Which Yields a Better Pay?
Semih Tumen
published in: International Journal of Economic Theory, 2016, 12(3), 257-277
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9565
Psychological Incentives, Financial Incentives, and Risk Attitudes in Tournaments: An Artefactual Field Experiment
Bram Cadsby, Jim Engle-Warnick, Tony Fang, Fei Song
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 72, 64-79
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9478
Rank, Sex, Drugs, and Crime
Benjamin Elsner, Ingo E. Isphording
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53(2), 356-381
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9473
A Theory of Intra-Firm Group Design
Semih Tumen
published in: Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2016, 45(1), 89-102
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9449
The Long-Term Impacts of Low-Achieving Childhood Peers: Evidence from Project STAR
Jan Bietenbeck
revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18(1), 392-426
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9448
Understanding Peer Effects: On the Nature, Estimation and Channels of Peer Effects
Jan Feld, Ulf Zölitz
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35(2) 387-428
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9149
Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior
Arindrajit Dube, Laura Giuliano, Jonathan Leonard
published in: American Economic Review, 2019, 109 (2), 620 - 663
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9121
A Big Fish in a Small Pond: Ability Rank and Human Capital Investment
Benjamin Elsner, Ingo E. Isphording
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35(3), 787-828
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9119
Peers' Composition Effects in the Short and in the Long Run: College Major, College Performance and Income
Massimo Anelli, Giovanni Peri
published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (618), 553-602
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9087
Peer Effects, Fast Food Consumption and Adolescent Weight Gain
Bernard Fortin, Myra Yazbeck
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 42, 125-138
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9051
Peer Effects on Obesity in a Sample of European Children
Wencke Gwozdz, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Lucia A. Reisch, Karin Bammann, Gabriele Eiben, Yiannis Kourides, Eva Kovács, Fabio Lauria, Kenn Konstabel, Alba M. Santaliestra-Pasias, Krishna Vyncke, Iris Pigeot
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2015, 18, 139–152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8829
The Objective Measurement of World-Leading Research
Andrew J. Oswald
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8769
Ability Peer Effects in University: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Adam S. Booij, Edwin Leuven, Hessel Oosterbeek
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2017, 84 (2), 547 - 578
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8734
Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Kalena E. Cortes, Joshua Goodman, Takako Nomi
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50 (1), 108-158
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8713
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Sibling Effects in Household Formation
Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll, Veruska Oppedisano
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2016, 14 (4), 1007 - 1027
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8695
Beyond the Average: Peer Heterogeneity and Intergenerational Transmission of Education
Tanika Chakraborty, Olga Nottmeyer, Simone Schüller, Klaus F. Zimmermann
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 163, 551–569.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8641
Do Interventions Change the Network? A Panel Peer-Effect Model Accounting for Endogenous Network Changes
Margherita Comola, Silvia Prina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8615
Sibling Spillover Effects in School Achievement
Cheti Nicoletti, Birgitta Rabe
published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2019, 34 (4), 482-501
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8528
Peer Effects on Childhood and Adolescent Obesity in China
Peng Nie, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Xiaobo He
published in: China Economic Review, 2015, 35, 47-69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8133
Gender Differences in Shirking: Monitoring or Social Preferences? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Per Johansson, Arizo Karimi, Peter Nilsson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8012
Key Players in Co-Offending Networks
Matthew J. Lindquist, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7897
The Long-Term Effects of Early Track Choice
Christian Dustmann, Patrick A. Puhani, Uta Schönberg
published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (603), 1348–1380
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7856
Gender and Race Heterogeneity: The Impact of Increases in Students with Limited English on Native Students' Performance
Timothy M. Diette, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2014, 104 (5), 412-417
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7739
Bibliometric Evaluation vs. Informed Peer Review: Evidence from Italy
Graziella Bertocchi, Alfonso Gambardella, Tullio Jappelli, Carmela A. Nappi, Franco Peracchi
revised version published in: Research Policy, 2015, 44, 451-466
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7720
Spillover Effects of Studying with Immigrant Students: A Quantile Regression Approach
Asako Ohinata, Jan C. van Ours
published as 'Quantile Peer Effects of Immigrant Children at Primary Schools' in: Labour, 2016, 30 (2), 135 - 157
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7694
Peer Effects in Disadvantaged Primary Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Heather Antecol, Ozkan Eren, Serkan Ozbeklik
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2016, 51 (1), 95 - 132
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7586
Peer Groups, Employment Status and Mental Well-being among Older Adults in Ireland
Eibhlin Hudson, Alan Barrett
published as 'Peer Groups, Employment Status and Depressive Symptoms among Older Adults in Ireland' in: Journal of Population Ageing, 2014, 7 (1), 43-54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7523
Peer Pressure and Productivity: The Role of Observing and Being Observed
Sotiris Georganas, Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 117, 223-232.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7521
Social Networks and Peer Effects at Work
Julie Beugnot, Bernard Fortin, Guy Lacroix, Marie Claire Villeval
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7264
Mixed Oligopoly in Education
Helmuth Cremer, Dario Maldonado
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7216
Early Life Adversity and Children's Competence Development: Evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
Dorothea Blomeyer, Katja Coneus, Manfred Laucht, Friedhelm Pfeiffer
published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics 2013, 233 (4), 468-485
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7051
Strategies of Cooperation and Punishment among Students and Clerical Workers
Maria Bigoni, Gabriele Camera, Marco Casari
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 94, 172-182
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6867
Grades, Aspirations and Post-Secondary Education Outcomes
Louis N. Christofides, Michael Hoy, Joniada Milla, Thanasis Stengos
published in: Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2015, 45 (1), 48-82
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6790
The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua Angrist, Parag A. Pathak
published in: Econometrica, 2014, 82 (1), 137 - 196
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6770
School and Drugs: Closing the Gap - Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the US
Núria Rodríguez-Planas
substantially revised verion published in: Journal of Behavior & Economics, 2017, 139, 166-181
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6681
Peer Effects in Program Participation
Gordon B. Dahl, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Magne Mogstad
published in: American Economic Review, 2014, 104 (7), 2049-2074
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6561
Do Significant Immigrant Inflows Create Negative Education Impacts? Lessons from the North Carolina Public School System
Timothy M. Diette, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
published in: Education Economics, 2017, 25 (5), 446-461
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6475
Quitting and Peer Effects at Work
Julie Rosaz, Robert Slonim, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 39, 55-67
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6455
Peer Effects: Evidence from Secondary School Transition in England
Stephen Gibbons, Shqiponja Telhaj
published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 78 (4), 548-575
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6446
Social Insurance Networks
Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50(4), 1081-1113
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6345
Peer Effects in Pro-Social Behavior: Social Norms or Social Preferences?
Simon Gächter, Daniele Nosenzo, Martin Sefton
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11 (3), 548-573
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6311
Under-Savers Anonymous: Evidence on Self-Help Groups and Peer Pressure as a Savings Commitment Device
Felipe Kast, Stephan Meier, Dina Pomeranz
revised version published as 'Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 133, 275-294.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6277
Peer Effects and Social Preferences in Voluntary Cooperation
Christian Thöni, Simon Gächter
revised version published as 'Peer effects and social preferences in voluntary cooperation: A theoretical and experimental analysis' in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2015, 48, 72 - 88
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6212
How Immigrant Children Affect the Academic Achievement of Native Dutch Children
Asako Ohinata, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (570), F308-F331
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6164
The Role of Peers in Estimating Tenure-Performance Profiles: Evidence from Personnel Data
Andries de Grip, Jan Sauermann, Inge Sieben
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2016, 126, 39-54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5980
Everybody Needs Good Neighbours? Evidence from Students' Outcomes in England
Stephen Gibbons, Olmo Silva, Felix Weinhardt
published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (571), 831-874
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5976
The Effects of Training on Own and Co-Worker Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Andries de Grip, Jan Sauermann
published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (559), 376-399
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5922
Classroom Grade Composition and Pupil Achievement
Edwin Leuven, Marte Rønning
published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (593), 1164-1192
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5787
Social Networks and Parental Behavior in the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion
Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou
published in: Quantitative Economics, 2016, 7, 969-995.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5728
The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
John Cawley, Christopher J. Ruhm
published in: Mark V. Pauly, Thomas G. McGuire, and Pedro P. Barros (eds.), Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 2. New York: Elsevier, 2012, 95-199 95-199
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5648
Altruism in Society: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Commuters
Redzo Mujcic, Paul Frijters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5624
Understanding Social Interactions: Evidence from the Classroom
Giacomo De Giorgi, Michele Pellizzari
published in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124(579), 917–953
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5432
Identification of Peer Effects with Missing Peer Data: Evidence from Project STAR
Aaron Sojourner
published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (569), 574-605.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4968
Mentoring, Educational Services, and Economic Incentives: Longer-Term Evidence on Risky Behaviors from a Randomized Trial
Núria Rodríguez-Planas
substantially revised version published as 'Longer-Term Impacts of Mentoring, Educational Services, and Learning Incentives: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the United States' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (4), 121 - 139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4946
Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 31 (1) 2013, 119-153
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4880
Gender and the Influence of Peer Alcohol Consumption on Adolescent Sexual Activity
Glen R. Waddell
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2011, 50 (1), 248-263
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4723
Do Peers Affect Student Achievement? Evidence from Canada Using Group Size Variation
Vincent Boucher, Yann Bramoullé, Habiba Djebbari, Bernard Fortin
revised version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2014, 29 (1), 91-109
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