The Effect of Classmate Characteristics on Post-Secondary Outcomes: Evidence from the Add Health

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bifulco, Robert; Fletcher, Jason M.; Ross, Stephen L.
• 署名单位: Syracuse University; Yale University; University of Connecticut
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.3.1.25
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 25-53
• 关键词: high-school; instrumental variables; peer; attainment; desegregation; achievement; mobility; students; VIOLENCE; RISK

摘要

This paper uses a within-school/across-cohort design to present new evidence of the effects of high school classmate characteristics on a wide range of post-secondary outcomes. We find that increases in the percent of classmates with college-educated mothers decreases the likelihood of dropping out and increases the likelihood of attending college, despite showing no impact on a range of in-school achievement, attitudes, and behaviors. The percent of students from disadvantaged minority groups does not show any effects on post-secondary outcomes, but is associated with students reporting less caring student-teacher relationships and increased prevalence of some undesirable student behaviors during high school. (JEL I21, J13, J15)