I provide evidence of social spillovers of personality by showing that being in class with
motivated peers affects educational success. I first document that academic motivation, a key …

Introduction How does a student's personality development relate to the personality of their
classmates? The school class builds a pertinent comparison group during adolescence that …

An individual's social network is a key factor of success in life. People depend on friends,
relatives, and peers for information, opportunities, and norms of behavior (Jackson, 2021). A …

This paper investigates whether the presence of low-achieving classmates affects the
noncognitive outcomes of regular students in junior high school. Exploiting random …

Abstract We use the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to explore
how high school peers' grit, a personality trait characterized by perseverance and passion …

Using the historical random assignment of MBA students to peer groups at a top business
school in the United States, I study the effect of the gender composition of a student's peers …

This paper studies the relationship between the creative abilities of study peers and
academic achievement. We conduct a novel large scale field experiment at university, where …

Kindergarten (KG) is critical for the holistic development of children. Studies have
demonstrated that early childhood education embodied in KG can lead to enhanced …

This paper studies the relationship between the creative abilities of study peers and
academic achievement. We conduct a novel large scale field experiment at university, where …

We merge experimental data on competitiveness of a large sample of students with their
complete educational history for up to ten years after the initial assessment. Exploiting quasi …