Class Rank and Long-Run Outcomes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Denning, Jeffrey T.; Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix
• 署名单位: University of Notre Dame; National Bureau of Economic Research; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Leibniz Association; DIW Berlin - Deutsches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung; Ifo Institut; European University Viadrina Frankfurt Oder; IZA Institute Labor Economics
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01125
• 发表日期: 2023-11
• 页码: 1426-1441
• 关键词: school; achievement; earnings; CHILDREN; impacts; boston; peers

摘要

This paper considers an unavoidable feature of the school environment, class rank. What are the long-run effects of a student's ordinal rank in elementary school? Using administrative data on all public school students in Texas, we show that students with a higher third-grade academic rank, conditional on achievement and classroom fixed effects, have higher subsequent test scores, are more likely to take AP classes, graduate from high school, enroll in and graduate from college, and ultimately have higher earnings nineteen years later. We also discuss the necessary assumptions for the identification of rank effects and propose new solutions to identification challenges. The paper concludes by exploring the trade-off between higher-quality schools and higher rank in the presence of these rank-based peer effects.