Roommate effects on grades: Evidence from first-year housing assignments

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-370

  McEwan, Patrick J ^a,c   Soderberg, Kristen A ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^c Department of Economics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Liberal arts college; Natural experiment; Peer effects; Roommates; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644902411     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-005-9392-2     Document Type: Article

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