报告主题：The Peer Effects of Newcomers in the Classroom Evidence from China's Middle Schools
内容摘要：This paper provides the first causal estimates on the peer effects of newcomers in China’s middle schools.We define newcomers as stu- dents arriving in the local county/district from other counties/districts during their middle school entrance.Using the data from the China Education Panel Survey(CEPS), we exclude the self-selection by ex- ploit the within-school random assignment ofstudents to classrooms. Our findings indicate that having a higher proportion of newcomers in the classroom reduces math,ChineseEnglish and cognitive test scores ofnon-newcomers.We then show that the spillover effects of newcomers with and without local Hukou onnon-newcomers with local Hukou are significantly negative whereas we do not find strong evidence of negative spillovers from non-newcomers without local Hukou. The worse classroom environment and worse inter-group re lations are the main channels for negative peer effects of newcomers.
主讲人简介：楼旭妍 博士
宁波诺丁汉大学经济学院助理教授。2018年获得香港中文大学博士学位。研究领域为应用微观经济学，包括劳动经济学、健康经济学和中国经济。她的研究发表于Journal of Labor Eco- nomics和Journal of Comparative Eco nomics等国际权威期刊。
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