Conditional Gender Peer Effects?

Jon Vaag Iversen and Hans Bonesrønning

No 4565, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: While the current empirical literature on peer group effects in schools highlights that credible causal peer effects cannot be estimated unless parental sorting is taken into account, the present paper highlights that causal peer effects might be conditional on the learning environment in which they occur. This approach is motivated by the existing theoretical literature which indicates that peer effects cannot be estimated without taking into account the role of school decision makers. We present indicative empirical evidence that gender peer effects in the Norwegian elementary school are conditional upon the level of special education provided.

Keywords: peer effects; conditional causal effects; special education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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