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When Do Ordinal Ability Rank Effects Emerge? Evidence from the Timing of School Closures

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  • Bertoni, Marco

    (University of Padova)

  • Parkam, Saeideh

    (University of Naples Federico II)

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We leverage the timing of pandemic-induced school closures to learn about the emergence of ordinal rank effects in education. Using administrative data from Italian middle schools for four cohorts of students, our study reveals that disrupting peer interactions during the first year of middle school - when students are still unfamiliar with one another - substantially diminishes the impact of ordinal rank on test scores. Instead, later interruptions to peer interactions do not significantly affect the strength of these interpersonal comparisons.

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  • Bertoni, Marco & Parkam, Saeideh, 2024. "When Do Ordinal Ability Rank Effects Emerge? Evidence from the Timing of School Closures," IZA Discussion Papers 17222, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp17222
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    Keywords

    ability peer effect; ordinal ability rank; school closures; COVID-19;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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