PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gong, Jie
AU  - Lu, Yi
AU  - Song, Hong
TI  - Gender Peer Effects on Students’ Academic and Noncognitive Outcomes
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.56.3.0918-9736R2
DP  - 2021 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 686--710
VI  - 56
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/3/686.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/3/686.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2021 Jul 01; 56
AB  - This study examines gender peer effects on students’ academic and noncognitive outcomes. We use a nationally representative survey of middle school students in China and focus on schools that randomly assign students to classrooms. Our findings show that having a higher proportion of female peers in class improves students’ test scores and noncognitive outcomes, which include their social acclimation and general satisfaction in school. A further decomposition of channels suggests that teacher behavior, greater student effort, and the improved classroom environment are the primary channels through which peers’ gender influences student outcomes.