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Do Peers Affect Student Achievement in China's Secondary Schools? / Weili Ding, Steven F. Lehrer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ding, Weili.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w12305.
- NBER working paper series no. w12305
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Secondary--China.
- Education, Secondary.
- Academic achievement--China.
- Academic achievement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2006.
- Summary:
- Peer effects have figured prominently in debates on school vouchers, desegregation, ability tracking and anti-poverty programs. Compelling evidence of their existence remains scarce for plaguing endogeneity issues such as selection bias and the reflection problem. This paper firmly establishes a link between peer performance and student achievement, using a unique dataset from China. We find strong evidence that peer effects exist and operate in a positive and nonlinear manner; reducing the variation of peer performance increases achievement; and our semi-parametric estimates clarify the tradeoffs facing policymakers in exploiting positive peers effects to increase future achievement.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- June 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-30).
- OCLC:
- 78988084
- Publisher Number:
- 201634 CaOOCEL (Public Documents)
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