Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/296135 
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Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11046
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Many organizations use onboarding programs to assist newcomers with the transition process. Are brief social interactions during such programs sufficient to create lasting performance spillovers? Exploiting quasi-random assignment to groups of a two-day freshman orientation program for university students, I find that higher ability peers generate positive effects even three years later. A one SD increase in peer ability improves the academic performance of business administration students by 0.05 to 0.08 SD. I provide evidence that the effects result from the formation of lasting social ties, and that performance spillovers are moderated by the broader social environment of the organization.
Subjects: 
peer effects
peer ability
academic performance
higher education
Freshman orientation
quasi-experiment
JEL: 
I21
I23
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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