Gibbons, Stephen and Telhaj, Shqiponja (2008) Peers and achievement in England's secondary schools. SERC Discussion paper, SERCDP0001. Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK.
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Abstract
The belief that children thrive if educated amongst higher-achieving schoolmates guides many parents in their choice of school. We extend the literature on this issue by considering children making the transition from primary to secondary schooling at age-11 in England. We use year-to-year changes in school composition to identify the impact of schoolmates on pupil progress at age 14. Traditional "linear-in-means" specifications lead us to conclude that prior achievements of a child's schoolmates are, on average, unrelated to his/her academic progress. However, this masks evidence that lower achieving pupils are disadvantaged by higher achieving schoolmates, whereas upper-middle ranking pupils benefit.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.spatialeconomics.ac.uk/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 The Authors |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | L Education > LC Special aspects of education |
| Sets: | Departments > Geography and Environment Research centres and groups > Spatial Economics Research Centre Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) Collections > Economists Online |
| Identification Number: | SERCDP0001 |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2010 11:46 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/30854/ |
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