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Peer Effects in Microenvironments: The Benefits of Homogeneous Classroom Groups

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  • Lu, Fangwen
  • Anderson, Michael L

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Many believe that classroom interactions play an important role in students’ academic achievement, but there is little evidence on peer effects within subclassroom groups. We exploit random seat assignment in a Chinese middle school to estimate how the gender of neighboring students affects a student’s academic achievement. We find that being surrounded by five females rather than five males increases a female’s test scores by 0.2-0.3 standard deviations but has no significant effects on a male’s test scores. These results suggest a low-cost way to potentially improve performance within the world’s largest school system.

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  • Lu, Fangwen & Anderson, Michael L, 2015. "Peer Effects in Microenvironments: The Benefits of Homogeneous Classroom Groups," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt0872n398, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdl:agrebk:qt0872n398
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