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Peer effects in medical school

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Arcidiacono, P; Nicholson, S
Published in: Journal of Public Economics
February 1, 2005

Using data on the universe of students who graduated from US medical schools between 1996 and 1998, we examine whether the abilities and specialty preferences of a medical school class affect a student's academic achievement in medical school and his choice of specialty. We mitigate the selection problem by including school-specific fixed effects, and show that this method yields an upper bound on peer effects for our data. We estimate positive peer effects that disappear when school-specific fixed effects are added to control for the endogeneity of a peer group. We find no evidence that peer effects are stronger for blacks, that peer groups are formed along racial lines, or that students with relatively low ability benefit more from their peers than students with relatively high-ability. However, we do find some evidence that peer groups form along gender lines. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Journal of Public Economics

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0047-2727

Publication Date

February 1, 2005

Volume

89

Issue

2-3

Start / End Page

327 / 350

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 1403 Econometrics
  • 1402 Applied Economics
  • 1401 Economic Theory
 

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Arcidiacono, P., & Nicholson, S. (2005). Peer effects in medical school. Journal of Public Economics, 89(2–3), 327–350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.10.006
Arcidiacono, P., and S. Nicholson. “Peer effects in medical school.” Journal of Public Economics 89, no. 2–3 (February 1, 2005): 327–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.10.006.
Arcidiacono P, Nicholson S. Peer effects in medical school. Journal of Public Economics. 2005 Feb 1;89(2–3):327–50.
Arcidiacono, P., and S. Nicholson. “Peer effects in medical school.” Journal of Public Economics, vol. 89, no. 2–3, Feb. 2005, pp. 327–50. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.10.006.
Arcidiacono P, Nicholson S. Peer effects in medical school. Journal of Public Economics. 2005 Feb 1;89(2–3):327–350.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Public Economics

DOI

ISSN

0047-2727

Publication Date

February 1, 2005

Volume

89

Issue

2-3

Start / End Page

327 / 350

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 1403 Econometrics
  • 1402 Applied Economics
  • 1401 Economic Theory