How does peer pressure affect educational investments?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1329-1367

  Bursztyn, Leonardo ^a,b,c   Jensen, Robert ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; STUDENT;

EID: 84939509222     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjv021     Document Type: Article

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