Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295853 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16830
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Globally, 150 million adolescents report being victims of or engaging in peer-to-peer violence in and around school. One strategy to reduce this risk is to occupy youth in after-school programs (ASP). Yet, the question remains: how does peer group composition affect the effectiveness of an ASP? I address this question by randomly assigning youths to either a control, homogeneous, or heterogeneous peer group within an ASP implemented in El Salvador. I find that, unlike homogeneous groups, heterogeneous peer groups do help students avoid violence. These results are relevant to public policy discussions on optimal group composition for violence reduction programs.
Subjects: 
peer effects
violence
integration
tracking
after-school programs
JEL: 
I29
K42
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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