Students' beliefs about peer effects

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 108
Issue: 3
Pages: 260-263

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We propose a simple short-cut to the problem of estimating endogenous peer effects from observed behavior: asking students about peers' ability and their own effort. Our survey evidence indicates that students believe in own-peer complementarities in educational production.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:108:y:2010:i:3:p:260-263
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25