Friendship Network in the Classroom: Parents Bias and Peer Effects
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Friendship Network in the Classroom: Parents Bias and Peer Effects. / Landini, Fabio ; Montinari , Natalia ; Pin , Paolo ; Piovesan, Marco.
Copenhagen : Økonomisk institut, Københavns Universitet, 2014.Publikation: Working paper › Forskning
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T1 - Friendship Network in the Classroom: Parents Bias and Peer Effects
AU - Landini, Fabio
AU - Montinari , Natalia
AU - Pin , Paolo
AU - Piovesan, Marco
N1 - JEL Classification: D85, I21, Z13
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We interview both parents and their children enrolled in six primary schools in the district of Treviso (Italy). We study the structural differences between the children network of friends reported by children and the one elicited asking their parents. We find that the parents’ network has a bias: parents expect peer effects on school achievement to be stronger than what they really are. Thus, parents of low-performing students report their children to be friends of high-performing students. Our numerical simulations indicate that when this bias is combined with a bias on how some children target friends, then there is a multiplier effect on the expected school achievement
AB - We interview both parents and their children enrolled in six primary schools in the district of Treviso (Italy). We study the structural differences between the children network of friends reported by children and the one elicited asking their parents. We find that the parents’ network has a bias: parents expect peer effects on school achievement to be stronger than what they really are. Thus, parents of low-performing students report their children to be friends of high-performing students. Our numerical simulations indicate that when this bias is combined with a bias on how some children target friends, then there is a multiplier effect on the expected school achievement
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - social networks
KW - primary school
KW - friendships
KW - parents' bias
KW - homophily
KW - peer effects
KW - Bonacich centrality
M3 - Working paper
T3 - University of Copenhagen. Institute of Economics. Discussion Papers (Online)
BT - Friendship Network in the Classroom: Parents Bias and Peer Effects
PB - Økonomisk institut, Københavns Universitet
CY - Copenhagen
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