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Title: Do Peers Affect Student Achievement? Evidence from Canada Using Group Size Variation
Authors: Boucher, Vincent
Bramoullé, Yann
Djebbari, Habiba
Fortin, Bernard
Keywords: Peer effects
student achievement
reflection problem
Issue Date: 2010-02
Series/Report no.: Cahiers du CIRPÉE;10-07
Abstract: We provide the first empirical application of a new approach proposed by Lee (2007) to estimate peer effects in a linear-in-means model. This approach allows to control for group-level unobservable and to solve the reflection problem. We investigate peer effects in student achievement in Mathematics, Science, French and History in Quebec secondary schools. We estimate the model using maximum likelihood and instrumental variables methods. We find evidence of peer effects. The endogenous peer effect is positive, when significant, and some contextual peer effects matter. Using calibrated Monte Carlo simulations, we find that high dispersion in group sizes helps with potential issues of weak identification.
URI: https://depot.erudit.org/id/003154dd
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