Replication data for: The Girl Next Door: The Effect of Opposite Gender Friends on High School Achievement

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Project Citation:

Hill, Andrew J. Replication data for: The Girl Next Door: The Effect of Opposite Gender Friends on High School Achievement. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113602V1

Project Description

Summary: This paper finds that a student's share of opposite gender school friends negatively affects high school GPA. It uses the gender composition of schoolmates in an individual's neighborhood as an instrument for the gender composition of an individual's self-reported friendship network. The effect occurs across all subjects for students older than 16, but only in mathematics and science for younger students. Additional results indicate effects may operate inside the classroom through difficulties getting along with the teacher and paying attention, and outside the classroom through romantic relationships. (JEL I21, J13, J16)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Student Achievement; Friends; Peer Effects

JEL Classification:
      I21 Analysis of Education
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

Geographic Coverage: United States

Data Type(s): survey data

Methodology

Data Source: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health)

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V1 [2019-10-12]

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