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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | The effect of higher-achieving peers on major choices and labor market outcomes |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0167-2681 |
| Volume | 196 |
| Page Range | 200 - 219 |
| Date | 2022 |
| Abstract Text | This paper investigates how exposure to higher-achieving male and female peers in university affects students’ major choices and labor market outcomes. For identification of causal effects, we exploit the random assignment of students to university sections in compulsory first-year courses. We present two main results. First, studying with higher-achieving peers has no statistically significant or economically meaningful effects on educational choices. Second, we find suggestive evidence that women who have been exposed to higher- achieving male peers end up in jobs in which they are more satisfied. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1016/j.jebo.2022.01.012 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:23305 |
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| Keywords | Organizational behavior and human resource management, economics and econometrics, major choice, peer effects |
| Additional Information | Earlier published as ECON Working Paper No. 388: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/203669/ |