The Girl Next Door: The Effect of Opposite Gender Friends on High School Achievement

Andrew Hill ()

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, vol. 7, issue 3, 147-77

Abstract: This paper finds that a student's share of opposite gender school friends negatively affects high school GPA. It uses the gender composition of schoolmates in an individual's neighborhood as an instrument for the gender composition of an individual's self-reported friendship network. The effect occurs across all subjects for students older than 16, but only in mathematics and science for younger students. Additional results indicate effects may operate inside the classroom through difficulties getting along with the teacher and paying attention, and outside the classroom through romantic relationships. (JEL I21, J13, J16)

JEL-codes: I21 J13 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
Note: DOI: 10.1257/app.20140030
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