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      <field key="037" subkey="x">englisch</field>
      <field key="050" subkey="x">Forschungsbericht</field>
      <field key="076" subkey="">Ökonomie(Sozialwissenschaft)</field>
      <field key="079" subkey="y">http://www.ihs.ac.at/publications/eco/es-170.pdf</field>
      <field key="079" subkey="z">Schneeweis, Nicole - et al., Peer Effects in Austrian Schools (pdf)</field>
      <field key="079" subkey="y">http://ideas.repec.org/p/ihs/ihsesp/170.html</field>
      <field key="079" subkey="z">Institute for Advanced Studies. Economics Series; 170 (RePEc)</field>
      <field key="100" subkey="">Schneeweis, Nicole</field>
      <field key="103" subkey="">Department of Economics, University of Linz</field>
      <field key="104" subkey="a">Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf</field>
      <field key="107" subkey="">Department of Economics, University of Linz</field>
      <field key="331" subkey="">Peer Effects in Austrian Schools</field>
      <field key="403" subkey="">1. Ed.</field>
      <field key="410" subkey="">Wien</field>
      <field key="412" subkey="">Institut für Höhere Studien</field>
      <field key="425" subkey="">2005, April</field>
      <field key="433" subkey="">22 pp.</field>
      <field key="451" subkey="">Institut für Höhere Studien; Reihe Ökonomie; 170</field>
      <field key="451" subkey="h">Kunst, Robert M. (Ed.) ; Fisher, Walter (Assoc. Ed.) ; Ritzberger, Klaus (Assoc. Ed.)</field>
      <field key="461" subkey="">Economics Series</field>
      <field key="517" subkey="c">from the Table of Contents: Introduction; The Identification of Peer Group Effects; Empirical Framework; Results; Conclusion;</field>
      <field key="Tab" subkey="l">es; References;</field>
      <field key="542" subkey="">1605-7996</field>
      <field key="544" subkey="">IHSES 170</field>
      <field key="700" subkey="">I21</field>
      <field key="700" subkey="">I29</field>
      <field key="720" subkey="">Peer effects</field>
      <field key="720" subkey="">Education</field>
      <field key="720" subkey="">PISA data</field>
      <field key="753" subkey="">Abstract: This study deals with educational production in Austria and is focused on the potential impact of schoolmates on</field>
      <field key="stu" subkey="d">ents' academic outcomes. We used PISA 2000 data to estimate peer effects for 15 and 16 year old students. The estimations</field>
      <field key="yie" subkey="l">d substantial positive effects of the peer groups' socioeconomic composition on student achievement. Furthermore, quantile</field>
      <field key="reg" subkey="r">essions suggest peer effects to be asymmetric in favor of low-ability students, meaning that students with lower</field>
      <field key="ski" subkey="l">lsbenefit more from being exposed to clever peers, whereas those with higher skills do not seem to be affected much. Social</field>
      <field key="het" subkey="e">rogeneity, moreover, has no big adverse effect on academic outcomes. These results imply considerable social gains of</field>
      <field key="red" subkey="u">cing stratification in educational settings.;</field>
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