Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 311 Do Peer Groups Matter? Peer Group versus Schooling Effects on Academic Attainment
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In this paper we estimate an educational production function. Educational attainment is a function of three types of inputs: peer group, parental and schooling. We find that conventional measures of school quality are not good predictors for academic attainment, once we control for peer group effects. Parental qualities also have strong effects on academic attainment. This academic attainment is then a key determinant of subsequent labour market success, as measured by earnings. This paper is produced as part of the Centre’s Programme on Human Resources DO PEER GROUPS MATTER? PEER GROUP VERSUS SCHOOLING EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT D. ROBERTSON and J. SYMONS
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