Peer Effects on Well-Being and Performance in Elementary School

Isabel Skak Olufsen and Jesper Fries
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Isabel Skak Olufsen: Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Jesper Fries: Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

No 25-01, CEBI working paper series from University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. The Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI)

Abstract: We study the effect of having high socioeconomic status (SES) peers on pupils wellbeing, absence rate, and academic performance in elementary school. We compare pupils in the same school who started school in different years and, consequently, were exposed to different shares of high-SES peers. We use a unique combination of administrative, survey, and test data on pupils in Danish public schools. We find that a higher share of high-SES peers increases well-being and performance while lowering absence rates slightly. Our results imply that educational inequalities may increase due to the growing concentration of high-SES pupils in certain schools.

Keywords: Peer effects; well-being; academic performance; primary school (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I24 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47
Date: 2025-01-10
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