The diffusion of academic achievements: social selection and influence in student networks

Sofia Dokuka - Junior Research Fellow Center for Institutional Studies / International Research Laboratory for Institutional Analysis of Economic Reforms

Peer group effects show the influence of student social environments on their individual achievements. Traditionally, a social environment is considered by researchers of peer effects as exogenously given. However, significant peers that affect performance are often those that are deliberately chosen. Students might choose their friends among...

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Related topics : students social networking / social networking research / analysis of social networking / economic and social networking

Student social network of friendship: structure and factors of formation

Speakers: Ekaterina Krekhovets (Senior Lecturer, Department of Economic Theory and Econometrics, Higher School of Economics), Oleg Poldin (Research Fellow, Center for Institutional Studies, Higher School of Economics)

We consider the structure of social network of university students, and analyze factors that lead to the network formation. Using the data from student survey and administrative information, we estimate econometric models that assume homophily and geographic closeness effect on...

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Related topics : students social network / schools using social networking