The impact of peer personality on academic achievement
Autor: | Arjan Non, Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Ulf Zölitz |
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Přispěvatelé: | Economics, University of Zurich, RS: GSBE Theme Learning and Work, RS: GSBE Theme Human Decisions and Policy Design, Macro, International & Labour Economics |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Persistence (psychology)
non Economics and Econometrics peer effects media_common.quotation_subject I24 education J24 2002 Economics and Econometrics Academic achievement Affect (psychology) Education and Inequality Developmental psychology ECON Department of Economics cognitive skills Persönlichkeit 10007 Department of Economics i24 - Education and Inequality Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity 0502 economics and business ddc:330 Personality Analysis of Education 050207 economics Big Five personality traits media_common Studienleistung Random assignment 05 social sciences Peer group non-cognitive skills 330 Economics Facet (psychology) Beharrlichkeit Group I21 Peer Psychology 10190 Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development i21 - Analysis of Education |
Zdroj: | Journal of Political Economy, 129(4), 1052-1099. University of Chicago Journal of Political Economy, 129(4), 1052-1099. University of Chicago Press |
ISSN: | 0022-3808 |
Popis: | This paper provides evidence of a novel facet of peer effects by showing how peer personality affects educational achievement. We exploit random assignment of students to university sections and find that students perform better in the presence of more persistent peers and more risk-averse peers. In particular, low-persistence students benefit from highly-persistent peers without devoting additional efforts to studying. However, highly-persistent students are not affected by the persistence of their peers. The personality peer effects that we document are distinct from other observable peer characteristics and suggest that the personality traits of peers causally affect human capital accumulation. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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