The impact of peer achievement and peer heterogeneity on own achievement growth: Evidence from school transitions

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-65

  Kiss, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ability peer effects among high achievers; Natural experiment

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

EID: 84885344414     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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