The role of the structure of social relations in achieving academic success

Kseniya Cherenkova () and Ashot Mirzoyan ()
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Kseniya Cherenkova: Department of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Ashot Mirzoyan: Department of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

No 48, Working Papers from Moscow State University, Faculty of Economics

Abstract: This paper assesses the impact of the network of social interactions on the academic results of students who studied at the Faculty of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2021-2022 academic year in the third year of study. The study examines the impact of social interaction on compulsory math subjects of 2-3 courses: Mathematical statistics and Econometrics. Data on the structure of the social network was collected using a survey, which allows you to accurately determine which students influence each other. Effect effect social interaction was assessed using a linear-averaged model. To eliminate the effect of self-selection, a tool is formed with which the presence of the influence of "friends through one handshake", which is exogenous, is checked. The stability of the results is checked by forming a fake network with a random structure of connections. In the work, it was possible to identify the effect of the influence of social interactions on the results of the econometrics exam: on average, all other things being equal, the better the student's friends study, the better he studies by himself. At the same time, there was no significant effect of social ties on the results of the exam in Mathematical Statistics: this can be explained by the fact that students took the exam remotely. Additional research is required to test this hypothesis .

Keywords: Social connections; students; academic success; neighbor effect; network effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A22 A29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2022-12
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