Peers, parents and attitudes about school

Jonathan Norris ()
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Jonathan Norris: Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde

No 1901, Working Papers from University of Strathclyde Business School, Department of Economics

Abstract: Educational attitudes are an important component of adolescent development linked to long-term educational success and as a component of noncognitive skills. This study focuses on peer and parent roles in shaping adolescent attitude development. First, I explore the relationship between an adolescent and their friends' attitudes and whether this influence is heterogeneous. Second, I ask whether parents can moderate the friend effect. I find that adolescents with poor attitudes and whose friends have particularly poor attitudes are especially at risk of developing low educational attitudes and that working with parents can serve as a channel to decrease the risk.

Keywords: Skill development; attitudes; peer effects; friendship networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 I21 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2019-01
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