Browsing by Author "Wang, Yaojing"

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    • Academic Self-Concept, Teacher Quality and Peer Effects on Chinese Secondary School Student Performance and Track Choice 
      Wang, Yaojing (2016-05-04)
      In this dissertation, we use student-level high school and college entrance exam data from a city in China to explore the effects of peers, relative ranking and teacher quality on student test outcomes and track choices. ...
    • Peer Quality and Benefits to Attending Better Schools 
      Hoekstra, Mark; Wang, Yaojing; Mounganie, Pierre (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-05-01)
      Despite strong demand for attending high schools with better peers, there is mixed evidence on whether doing so improves academic outcomes. The authors estimate the cognitive returns to high school quality using administrative ...
    • Peer Quality and the Academic Benefits to Attending Better Schools 
      Hoekstra, Mark; Mouganie, Pierre; Wang, Yaojing (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-09-18)
      Despite strong demand for attending high schools with better peers, there is mixed evidence on whether doing so improves academic outcomes. The authors estimate the cognitive returns to high school quality using administrative ...