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The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising over 13,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics. 

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127 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14136
The Importance of Peer Quality for Completion of Higher Education
Maria Knoth Humlum, Mette Thorsager
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14092
Learning about Farming: Innovation and Social Networks in a Resettled Community in Brazil
Margherita Comola, Carla Inguaggiato, Mariapia Mendola
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14037
Between the Dockyard and the Deep Blue Sea: Retention and Personnel Economics in the Royal Navy
Darrell J. Glaser, Ahmed S. Rahman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14014
The Distinct Impact of Information and Incentives on Cheating
Julien Benistant, Fabio Galeotti, Marie Claire Villeval
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13968
High-Ability Influencers? The Heterogeneous Effects of Gifted Classmates
Simone Balestra, Aurélien Sallin, Stefan C. Wolter
forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13965
When the Great Equalizer Shuts Down: Schools, Peers, and Parents in Pandemic Times
Francesco Agostinelli, Matthias Doepke, Giuseppe Sorrenti, Fabrizio Zilibotti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13906
Parents, Neighbors and Youth Crime
Carlos Díaz, Eleonora Patacchini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13872
Own Motivation, Peer Motivation, and Educational Success
Jan Bietenbeck
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13680
Peers, Gender, and Long-Term Depression
Corrado Giulietti, Michael Vlassopoulos, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13464
School Choice Design, Risk Aversion, and Cardinal Segregation
Caterina Calsamiglia, Francisco Martínez-Mora, Antonio Miralles
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13448
Peer Effects and Fertility Preferences in China: Evidence from the China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey
Peng Nie, Lu Wang, Alfonso Sousa-Poza
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13396
The Effect of Peer Gender on Major Choice in Business School
Ulf Zölitz, Jan Feld
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13313
Comparative Advantage and Gender Gap in STEM
Sofoklis Goulas, Silvia Griselda, Rigissa Megalokonomou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13161
It Takes a Village: The Economics of Parenting with Neighborhood and Peer Effects
Francesco Agostinelli, Matthias Doepke, Giuseppe Sorrenti, Fabrizio Zilibotti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13111
Does Domestic Violence Jeopardize the Learning Environment of Peers within the School? Peer Effects of Exposure to Domestic Violence in Urban Peru
Italo A. Gutierrez, Oswaldo Molina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12848
Peer Networks and Entrepreneurship: A Pan-African RCT
Fernando Vega-Redondo, Paolo Pin, Diego Ubfal, Cristiana Benedetti-Fasil, Charles Brummitt, Gaia Rubera, Dirk Hovy, Tommaso Fornaciari
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12789
Ordinal Rank and Peer Composition: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Marco Bertoni, Roberto Nistico
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12582
Exposure to More Female Peers Widens the Gender Gap in STEM Participation
Anne Ardila Brenøe, Ulf Zölitz
forthcoming in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12534
Crime and Networks: 10 Policy Lessons
Matthew J. Lindquist, Yves Zenou
published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2019.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12455
High-Performing Peers and Female STEM Choices in School
Pierre Mouganie, Yaojing Wang
forthcoming in: Journal of Labor Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12202
Peer Diversity, College Performance and Educational Choices
Arnaud Chevalier, Ingo E. Isphording, Elena Lisauskaite
revised version forthcoming in: Labour Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12108
The Economics of Parenting
Matthias Doepke, Giuseppe Sorrenti, Fabrizio Zilibotti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12054
Education Spillovers within the Workplace
Kristian Hedeager Bentsen, Jakob R. Munch, Georg Schaur
published in: Economics Letters, 2019, 175, 57-59
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11919
Competing on the Holodeck: The Effect of Virtual Peers and Heterogeneity in Dynamic Tournaments
Frederik Graff, Christian Grund, Christine Harbring
forthcoming in: Journal of Behavioral & Experimental Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11910
Does the Girl Next Door Affect Your Academic Outcomes and Career Choices?
Sofoklis Goulas, Rigissa Megalokonomou, Yi Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11909
Race-Blind Admissions, School Segregation, and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Race-Blind Magnet School Lotteries
Jason B. Cook
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11770
Is Good Health Contagious? The Impact of BMI Environment on Individual BMI
Caitlin McKennie, Laura M. Argys, Andrew I. Friedson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11546
Learning Hope and Optimism: Classmate Experiences and Adolescent Development
Jason M. Fletcher, Jin Ho Kim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11419
The Returns to Schooling Unveiled
Ana Rute Cardoso, Paulo Guimaraes, Pedro Portugal, Hugo Reis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11365
The Impact of Self-Selection on Performance
Lukas Kiessling, Jonas Radbruch, Sebastian Schaube
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11334
Intergenerational Spillovers in Disability Insurance
Gordon B. Dahl, Anne C. Gielen
forthcoming in: American Economic Journal - Applied Economics, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11267
Better Together? Social Networks in Truancy and the Targeting of Treatment
Magdalena Bennett, Peter Bergman
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, First published: 12 June 2020
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
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. 10783
How Do Peers Impact Learning? An Experimental Investigation of Peer-To-Peer Teaching and Ability Tracking
Erik O. Kimbrough, Andrew McGee, Hitoshi Shigeoka
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
Forthcoming as 'Effects of Peers and Rank on Cognition, Preferences, and Personality' in: Review of Economics and Statistics
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
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
Forthcoming in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018.
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
forthcoming in: Australian Economic Review, 2020
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. 9927
The Family Peer Effect on Mothers' Labour Supply
Cheti Nicoletti, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey
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
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 97, August 2017, 72-86; doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.06.001
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. 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
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. 8769
Ability Peer Effects in University: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Adam S. Booij, Edwin Leuven, Hessel Oosterbeek
forthcoming in: Review of Economic Studies
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: The 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. [Abstract & Download]
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
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. 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
forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources, 2016
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. 6790
The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua Angrist, Parag A. Pathak
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6770
School and Drugs: Closing the Gap – Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the US
Núria Rodríguez-Planas
(substantially revised version published in: Journal of Behavior & Economics, July 2017, vol. 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
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; doi:10.1111/jeea.12015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6277
Peer Effects and Social Preferences in Voluntary Cooperation
Christian Thöni, Simon Gächter
a revised version is published as: 'Peer effects and social preferences in voluntary cooperation: A theoretical and experimental analysis' in: Journal of Economic Psychology.48, 72-88, 2015; doi:10.1016/j.joep.2015.03.001
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 - substantially revised version can be downloaded here
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 [Online First]
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. 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. 4968
Mentoring, Educational Services, and Economic Incentives: Longer-Term Evidence on Risky Behaviors from a Randomized Trial
Núria Rodríguez-Planas
results were published in the paper '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), 121–39
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. 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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