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It is not what you know but who you know: Heterogenous peer efects in education

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  • Ana María Díaz
  • Ignacio Penagos

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Este artículo combina encuestas y datos administrativos sobre estudiantes de primer ano de Economía en 2015 de la Universidad Javeriana en Colombia para estimar los efectos de pares en las calificaciones de los estudiantes. Empleamos la estrategia propuesta por De Giorgi et al. (2010) para identificar y estimar los efectos de pares. Los resultados muestran que los efectos de pares son económicamente significativos en su contexto, que resultan del intercambio de habilidades específicas en lugar de intercambio de habilidades generales entre pares, y que provienen principalmente de pares con quienes los estudiantes interactúan con frecuencia y que son vistos como líderes.

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  • Ana María Díaz & Ignacio Penagos, 2018. "It is not what you know but who you know: Heterogenous peer efects in education," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Economía, CEDE, vol. 80(2), pages 53-88, February.
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    Keywords

    efectos entre iguales; formación de redes sociales; logros académicos; homofilia.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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