Residential Peer Effects in Higher Education: Does the Field of Study Matter?
(IZA WP, 2008-01)
Brunello, Giorgio (University of Padova)
De Paola, Maria (University of Calabria)
Scoppa, Vincenzo (University of Calabria)
Exploiting the random assignment of first year students to college accommodation, they find evidence that peer effects are positive and statistically significant for students enrolled in the fields of Engineering, Maths and Natural Sciences – which are expected to generate higher earnings after college – and not different from zero for students enrolled in the Humanities, Social and Life Sciences, which give access to lower payoffs.
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