<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Xu, Di</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zhang, Qing</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zhou, Xuehan</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Impact of Low-Ability Peers on Cognitive and Noncognitive Outcomes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Human Resources</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022-03-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">555-596</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/jhr.57.2.0718-9637R2</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">57</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This article presents new experimental estimates of the impact of low-ability peers on own outcomes using nationally representative data from China. We exploit the random assignment of students to junior high school classrooms and find that the proportion of low-ability peers, defined as having been retained during primary school (“repeaters”), has negative effects on nonrepeaters’ cognitive and noncognitive outcomes. An exploration of the mechanisms shows that a larger proportion of repeater peers is associated with reduced after-school study time. The negative effects are driven by male repeaters and are more pronounced among students with less strict parental monitoring at home.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>