Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298395 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of Labor Economics [ISSN:] 2193-8997 [Volume:] 11 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 1 [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 1-26
Publisher: 
Sciendo, Warsaw
Abstract: 
This article studies peer effects on the decision to enroll at university. To determine the social influence of peers, we use a measure encompassing the two major dimensions of social influence in the classroom: the ability and capacity of peers to exchange information about study options. This paper uses French administrative data on the universe of first year applicants to a single university over seven consecutive cohorts. We exploit idiosyncratic variations in the proportion of peers advised to change their educational choice. We find that our variable of interest has a small but negative and significant effect on the individual decision to attend university and observe stronger peer effects among groups of students of similar gender or socio-economic background. We also find a weaker impact of the proportion of peers advised to change their educational choice on the individuals of higher level of academic ability.
Subjects: 
peer effects
higher education
university enrollment
JEL: 
I21
I23
J24
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Document Type: 
Article

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