ERIC Number: ED671515
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec
Pages: 61
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Does Peer Motivation Impact Educational Investments? Evidence from DACA. EdWorkingPaper No. 20-333
Briana Ballis
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Despite the significant influence that peer motivation is likely to have on educational investments during high school, it is difficult to test empirically since exogenous changes in peer motivation are rarely observed. In this paper, I focus on the 2012 introduction of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to study a setting in which peer motivation changed sharply for a subset of high school students. DACA significantly increased the returns to schooling for undocumented youth, while leaving the returns for their peers unchanged. I find that DACA induced undocumented youth to invest more in their education, which also had positive spillover effects on ineligible students (those born in the US) who attended high school with high concentrations of DACA-eligible youth.
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, High School Students, Peer Influence, Student Motivation, Outcomes of Education, Eligibility, Academic Aspiration, Incentives, Public Policy, Attendance, Achievement Tests, Exit Examinations, High School Graduates, Grade Point Average, College Entrance Examinations, Race, Gender Differences, Robustness (Statistics)
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: California (Los Angeles)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)
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