Social Interactions and Student Achievement in a Developing Country : An Instrumental Variables Approach

• Tác giả: Mohammad Niaz Asadullah
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 026.3 Libraries, archives, information centers devoted to specific subjects and disciplines
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 323893
• Chủ đề: 1. ACHIEVEMENT OF CHILDREN; 2. BUSINESS SCHOOL; 3. COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT; 4. ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION; 5. EDUCATION SECTOR

Tóm tắt

This paper identifies endogenous social effects in mathematics test performance for eighth graders in rural Bangladesh using information on arsenic contamination of water wells at home as an instrument. In other words, the identification relies on variation in test scores among peers owing to exogenous exposure to arsenic contaminated water wells at home. The results suggest that the peer effect is significant, and school selection plays little role in biasing peer effects estimates.