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Friendship and Female Education: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bangladeshi Primary Schools

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  • Youjin Hahn
  • Asadul Islam
  • Eleonora Patacchini
  • Yves Zenou

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We randomly assigned 115 primary schools in Bangladesh to one of two settings: children studying in groups with friends and children studying in groups with peers. The groups consisted of four people with similar average cognitive abilities and household characteristics. While the achievement of male students was not affected by the group assignment, low-ability females with friends outperformed low-ability females working with peers by roughly 0.4 standard deviations of the test score distribution. This is not due to the fact that friends tend to be of the same gender or to a higher frequency of interactions among friends.

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  • Youjin Hahn & Asadul Islam & Eleonora Patacchini & Yves Zenou, 2020. "Friendship and Female Education: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bangladeshi Primary Schools," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 130(627), pages 740-764.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:econjl:v:130:y:2020:i:627:p:740-764.
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    1. Goulas, Sofoklis & Gunawardena, Bhagya N. & Megalokonomou, Rigissa & Zenou, Yves, 2024. "Gender Role Models in Education," IZA Discussion Papers 17271, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Cools, Angela & Fernández, Raquel & Patacchini, Eleonora, 2022. "The asymmetric gender effects of high flyers," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    3. Shilan Feng & Ya Tan & Zhi Wang & Qinghua Zhang, 2024. "Spatial Structure of Peer Networks and Academic Achievement Based on a Random Control Trial Experiment," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 32(3), pages 67-97, May.
    4. Houndetoungan, Aristide & Islam, Asad & Vlassopoulos, Michael & Zenou, Yves, 2023. "The Role of Child Gender in the Formation of Parents' Social Networks," CEPR Discussion Papers 18538, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    5. Vincent Boucher & Michelle Rendall & Philip Ushchev & Yves Zenou, 2024. "Toward a General Theory of Peer Effects," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 92(2), pages 543-565, March.
    6. Bochet, Olivier & Faure, Mathieu & Long, Yan & Zenou, Yves, 2020. "Perceived Competition in Networks," CEPR Discussion Papers 15582, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

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    JEL classification:

    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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