Peer Effects of High-Achieving Students

Abstract

Peer effects have not only near-term impacts on adolescents’ cognitive and non-cognitive development but also implications for their lifelong trajectories. This study is an investigation into the effects of the proportion of high-achieving students in a class on cognitive performance, educational expectations, school adaptation, and mental health of their classmates, based on data of middle school students with random class assignment from the China Education Panel Survey (CEPS).