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Peer Effects

Peer Effects is a theoretical construct in social science research that refers to the causal influence of individuals' behaviors, attitudes, or outcomes on those of their social counterparts within a proximate network, differing from broader contextual effects by isolating the impact attributable specifically to peer interaction rather than shared environmental or structural factors.

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2017–2026

488

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Peer Influence on Risk Taking, Risk Preference, and Risky Decision Making in Adolescence and Adulthood: An Experimental Study.

Margo Gardner, Laurence Steinberg · Developmental Psychology · 2005 · 2.2K citations

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Peer Effects with Random Assignment: Results for Dartmouth Roommates

Bruce Sacerdote · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2001 · 1.9K citations

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Beyond Homophily: A Decade of Advances in Understanding Peer Influence Processes

Whitney A. Brechwald, Mitchell J. Prinstein · Journal of Research on Adolescence · 2011 · 1.3K citations

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Peers at Work

Alexandre Mas, Enrico Moretti · American Economic Review · 2009 · 1.3K citations

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Does peer ability affect student achievement?

Eric A. Hanushek, John F. Kain, Jacob M. Markman et al. · Journal of Applied Econometrics · 2003 · 1.2K citations

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Authors

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  1. EP
    Eleonora Patacchini

    Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Italy

    17 publications · 1.7K citations

    14

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  2. YZ
    Yves Zénou

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    18 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. MJ
    Mitchell J. Prinstein

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    12 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. SC
    Scott Carrell

    University of California, Davis, United States

    10 publications · 1.2K citations

    10

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  5. BF
    Bernard Fortin

    Université Laval, Canada

    10 publications · 506 citations

    10

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Institutions

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  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    33 h-index

    84 publications

    11.5K citations

  2. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    27 h-index

    83 publications

    4.7K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    23 h-index

    32 publications

    3.7K citations

  4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    22 h-index

    63 publications

    9.4K citations

  5. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    21 h-index

    32 publications

    4.4K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    21 h-index

    34 publications

    5.3K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    21 h-index

    39 publications

    4.5K citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    21 h-index

    30 publications

    2.6K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 122 publications · 5K citations

    35

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  2. Child Development

    30 publications · 4.8K citations

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  3. Developmental Psychology

    19 publications · 5.4K citations

    17

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  4. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Repository · 24 publications · 1.6K citations

    17

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  5. Management Science

    17 publications · 3.5K citations

    17

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