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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
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