Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0

Author-Name: David Kiss
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Kiss


Title: The impact of peer achievement and peer heterogeneity on own achievement growth: Evidence from school transitions

Abstract: This paper estimates ability peer effects on achievement growth in reading and
math. It exploits variation in peer characteristics generated at the transition from
primary to secondary school in a sample of Berlin fifth-graders. As will be discussed
in detail, this variation is exogenous in large parts. Results are similar for both
achievement measures: pupils benefit from abler peers, but high-achievers do so to
a smaller extent. The estimated impact of the variance in peer skills is negative,
but insignificant.

Length:  18 pages
Creation-Date:  2013-09
File-URL: http://www.bgpe.de/texte/DP/141_Kiss.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2013
Number: 141
Classification-JEL: I21, I28
Keywords: ability peer effects in upper-secondary school, natural experiment
Handle: RePEc:bav:wpaper:141_Kiss