Peer Effects And Human Capital Accumulation
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Peer Effects And Human Capital Accumulation
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Author : Anna Aizer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Peer Effects And Human Capital Accumulation written by Anna Aizer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
Recent work shows that peers affect student achievement, but the mechanisms are not well understood. I show that peer behavior is an important mechanism, perhaps more so than ability, by exploiting exogenous timing in diagnosis/treatment of ADD among peers that improves peer behavior while holding peer achievement constant. Improvements in peer behavior increase student achievement. Moreover, resources mitigate the negative effects of peer behavior. These findings imply that the optimal response in the presence of peer effects is not necessarily to reorganize classrooms. Rather, existing institutions can modify peer effects by improving behavior and/or mitigating the impact of poor behavior.
Peer Effects Cooperation And Competition In Human Capital Formation
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Author : Román Zárate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Peer Effects Cooperation And Competition In Human Capital Formation written by Román Zárate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
Economic literature has identified positive effects of peer abilities on individual achievement. However, the intuitive arguments supporting this evidence are not clear. This article presents a specific mechanism: cooperation and competition among group members; more precisely, the presence of positive and negative externalities in human capital accumulation. First, I develop an economic model that incorporates both kinds of externalities and shows the existence of an optimal level of competition between group members that maximizes human capital accumulation. Then, using data from PISA (2000) and an empirical strategy that controls for potential endogeneity issues, I find empirical evidence supporting the main results of the theoretical model. Namely, I find robust evidence of a non-linear effect of competition on academic performance. These results are consistent with the proposed model and the presence of positive technological externalities in educational production functions.
Peer Effects Cooperation And Competition In Human Capital Formation
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Author : Román Andrés Zárate Vásquez
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Peer Effects Cooperation And Competition In Human Capital Formation written by Román Andrés Zárate Vásquez and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
How Not To Choose Peers In Studying Groups
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
How Not To Choose Peers In Studying Groups written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.
Human Capital And Economic Growth
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Author : Andreas Savvides
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-10
Human Capital And Economic Growth written by Andreas Savvides and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-10 with Business & Economics categories.
This book provides an in-depth investigation of the link between human capital and economic growth. The authors take an innovative approach, examining the determinants of economic growth through a historical overview of the concept of human capital. The text fosters a deep understanding of the connection between human capital and economic growth through the exploration of different theoretical approaches, a review of the literature, and the application of nonlinear estimation techniques to a comprehensive data set. The authors discuss nonparametric econometric techniques and their application to estimating nonlinearities—which has emerged as one of the most salient features of empirical work in modeling the human capital-growth relationship, and the process of economic growth in general. By delving into the topic from theoretical and empirical standpoints, this book offers an insightful new view that will be extremely useful for scholars, students, and policy makers.
Human Capital Accumulation And The Dynamic Effects Of International Trade
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Author : Thomas Osang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Human Capital Accumulation And The Dynamic Effects Of International Trade written by Thomas Osang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
Peer Effects And Human Capital Accumulation
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Author : Anna Aizer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Peer Effects And Human Capital Accumulation written by Anna Aizer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Academic achievement categories.
Recent work shows that peers affect student achievement, but the mechanisms are not well understood. I show that peer behavior is an important mechanism, perhaps more so than ability, by exploiting exogenous timing in diagnosis/treatment of ADD among peers that improves peer behavior while holding peer achievement constant. Improvements in peer behavior increase student achievement. Moreover, resources mitigate the negative effects of peer behavior. These findings imply that the optimal response in the presence of peer effects is not necessarily to reorganize classrooms. Rather, existing institutions can modify peer effects by improving behavior and/or mitigating the impact of poor behavior.
The Impact Of Peer Personality On Academic Achievement
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Author : Bart Golsteyn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
The Impact Of Peer Personality On Academic Achievement written by Bart Golsteyn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.
This paper provides evidence of a novel facet of peer effects by showing how peer personality affects educational achievement. We exploit random assignment of students to university sections and find that students perform better in the presence of more persistent peers and more risk-averse peers. In particular, low-persistence students benefit from highly-persistent peers without devoting additional efforts to studying. However, highly-persistent students are not affected by the persistence of their peers. The personality peer effects that we document are distinct from other observable peer characteristics and suggest that the personality traits of peers causally affect human capital accumulation.
Human Capital Accumulation And Public Sector Growth
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Author : Mr.Vito Tanzi
language : en
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Release Date : 1995-09-01
Human Capital Accumulation And Public Sector Growth written by Mr.Vito Tanzi and has been published by International Monetary Fund this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-09-01 with Business & Economics categories.
The present paper takes a fresh theoretical and empirical look into the relationship between Wagner’s law and economic development. It introduces human capital into a classic two-sector model of unbalanced growth. It shows that, as an economy develops, changes in the relative returns to human capital and unskilled labor, as a result of changes to their relative scarcities, could have a significant impact on the size of the government sector, depending in part also on the difference in relative factor intensities between outputs of the private and government sectors. This conjecture is broadly supported by empirical evidence based on a cross-section analysis of a large sample of developed and developing countries.
Human Capital Accumulation Among Native Americans
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Author : Stefanie Jane Fischer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Human Capital Accumulation Among Native Americans written by Stefanie Jane Fischer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Indians of North America categories.
Native Americans have low levels of human capital accumulation. In 2005, only 21% scored at the proficient level on the NAEP math test compared with 37% of all other test takers. One cause of their low human capital accumulation may be factors that commonly explain low academic performance among other minority groups within the United States, such as school quality and family background. Alternatively, Native American students may perform low academically due to factors that are unique to this population such as living on Native land or the political institutions that govern them. This paper will empirically examine Native American students' human capital accumulation decisions. Using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), I find Native American students residing on Native land score 1/4 of a standard deviation lower on the math assessment than Native American students living off Native land, with no other controls added. After controlling for other area characteristics, family background, peer effects and school resources, the effect of living on Native land is not statistically significant in explaining test scores. Family background and peer effects explain most of the variation in Native American students' human capital accumulation decision. Students who identify with the white peer group score 1/5 of a standard deviation higher than students who identify with the Native American peer group. Although legal institutions do not explain student test scores, they do appear to affect students' attendance. Students living in areas under tribal jurisdiction are 13% more likely to miss a week or more of school in a month, ceteris paribus.