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The Importance of Rank Position. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1241

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Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix – Centre for Economic Performance, 2013

We find an individual's rank within their reference group has effects on later objective outcomes. To evaluate the impact of local rank, we use a large administrative dataset tracking over two million students in England from primary through to secondary school. Academic rank within primary school has sizable, robust and significant effects on…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Class Rank, Progress Monitoring, Effect Size