Quasi-Experimental Evidence of Academic Peer Effects at an Elite University in People's Republic of China

Autor/in	Ha, Wei
Titel	Quasi-Experimental Evidence of Academic Peer Effects at an Elite University in People's Republic of China
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Education Review, 17 (2016) 4, S.703-718 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1598-1037
DOI	10.1007/s12564-016-9461-6
Schlagwörter	Quasiexperimental Design; Foreign Countries; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; College Students; College Housing; Peer Influence; Peer Groups; Higher Education; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Collegestudent; Studentenunterkunft; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This paper examines the effects of roommates on students' academic outcomes exploiting the randomized roommate assignment system at a selective Chinese university. Unlike earlier studies that could not measure students' academic quality precisely, this paper makes two important improvements in measuring their English proficiency and overall academic aptitude. I find that randomly assigned roommates' average pre-treatment academic abilities are not significant determinants of students' academic performance across a number of different specifications. However, students are significantly influenced by roommates' decisions in terms of the number of elective course credits taken and the choice of major. (As Provided).
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