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Determinants of Peer Selection

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  • Lukas Kiessling
  • Jonas Radbruch
  • Sebastian Schaube

Abstract

Peers influence behavior in many domains. We study whom individuals choose as peers and explore individual determinants of peer selection. Using data from a framed field experiment at secondary schools, we analyze how peer choices depend on relative performance, personality differences, and the presence of friendship ties. Our results document systematic patterns of peer choice: friendship is the most important determinant, albeit not the only one. Individuals exhibit homophily in personality, and prefer on average similar but slightly stronger performing peers. Our results help to rationalize models of differential and non-linear peer effects and to understand reference group formation.

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  • Lukas Kiessling & Jonas Radbruch & Sebastian Schaube, 2019. "Determinants of Peer Selection," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2019_092, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:bon:boncrc:crctr224_2019_092
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    1. Lukas Kiessling & Jonathan Norris, 2020. "The Long-Run Effects of Peers on Mental Health," Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2020_12, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.

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    Keywords

    Peer Effects; Peer Selection; Social Comparison; Reference Points;
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    JEL classification:

    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production

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