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Social Interactions And Student Achievement In A Developing Country An Instrumental Variables Approach

This paper identifies endogenous social effects in mathematics test performance for eighth graders in rural Bangladesh using information on arsenic contamination of water wells at home as an instrument. In other words, the identification relies on variation in test scores among peers owing to exogen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz
Other Authors: Chaudhury, Nazmul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2008
Subjects:
Learning
Effective Schools And Teachers
Water And Industry
Papers
Human Development
Education Sector
Learning Outcomes
Industry
Water Resources
Business School
Student Achievement
Education
Literature
School Quality
Tertiary Education
Graduation Rate
Primary Education
Education For All
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This paper identifies endogenous social effects in mathematics test performance for eighth graders in rural Bangladesh using information on arsenic contamination of water wells at home as an instrument. In other words, the identification relies on variation in test scores among peers owing to exogenous exposure to arsenic contaminated water wells at home. The results suggest that the peer effect is significant, and school selection plays little role in biasing peer effects estimates
Physical Description:9 p.

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