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Peer influence and human capital accumulation: Evidence from Delhi University collegesCollege is an important milestone in life that is believed to develop several aspects of an individual's human capital, broadly defined to include...
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Cognitive, socioemotional, and behavioural returns to college qualityWe exploit the variation in the admissions process across colleges of a leading Indian university to estimate the causal effects of enrolling in a selective college on: cognitive attainment using scores on standardized university exams; behavioural...
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Do disadvantaged students benefit from attending classes with more skilled colleagues?Using two rich administrative data sets and a rule of admission at one top university in Brazil that splits students into two classes, we apply a regression discontinuity design to study the effect of class allocation on academic performance and...
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Dishonesty concessions in teamsEconomic theory predicts that dishonesty thrives in secrecy. Yet, team-based decisions are ubiquitous in public policy-making. How does teamwork influence the tendency for self-dealings when public servants—both honest and corrupt—must work together...
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Effects of peers and rank on cognition, preferences, and personalityWe exploit the variation in admission cutoffs across colleges at a leading Indian university to estimate the causal effects of enrolling in a selective college on cognitive attainment, economic preferences, and Big Five personality traits. Using a...
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Impact of female peer composition on gender norm perceptions and skills formation in secondary schoolThis paper examines peer effects on students’ gender norm perceptions and skills formation. I use a Uruguayan nationally representative survey of 9th grade students and exploit the quasi-random variation in the proportion of female peers across...
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Do disadvantaged students benefit from attending classes with more skilled colleagues?Peers play an essential role in cognitive and non-cognitive skills formation. Ordinal rank may also change incentives and environment, impacting students’ efforts. Using two rich administrative data sets and a rule of admission at one top university...
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The effect of class assignment on academic performance and the labour marketCan students’ rank in the ability distribution of their class impact their academic achievement? We aim to answer this question using a discontinuity generated by a rule for the distribution of students between classes at a prestigious Brazilian...
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Deterrence, peer effect, and legitimacy in anti-corruption policy-makingIn our framed laboratory experiment, two Public Officials, A and B, make consecutive decisions regarding embezzlement from separate funds. Official B observes Official A’s decision before making their own. There are four treatments: three with...
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