What is essential is visible to the eye: Saliency in primary school ranking and its effect on academic achievements
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| author | Ladant, Francois-Xavier Hedou, Julien Sestito, Paolo Bargagli-Stoffi, Falco J. |
| author_facet | Ladant, Francois-Xavier Hedou, Julien Sestito, Paolo Bargagli-Stoffi, Falco J. |
| contents | We propose a new strategy to identify the impact of class rank, exploiting a "visible" primary school rank from teachers' exam grades, and an "invisible" rank from unreported standardized test scores. Leveraging a unique panel dataset on Italian students, we show that the visible rank has a substantial impact on students' perceptions, which affects subsequent academic performance. However, the effect of being surrounded by higher-SES or higher-achieving peers remains positive even accounting for the decrease in rank. Higher-ranked students self-select into high schools with higher average student achievements. Finally, exploiting an extensive survey, we identify psychological mechanisms channeling the rank effect. |
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| publishDate | 2023 |
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| spellingShingle | What is essential is visible to the eye: Saliency in primary school ranking and its effect on academic achievements Ladant, Francois-Xavier Hedou, Julien Sestito, Paolo Bargagli-Stoffi, Falco J. General Economics Economics We propose a new strategy to identify the impact of class rank, exploiting a "visible" primary school rank from teachers' exam grades, and an "invisible" rank from unreported standardized test scores. Leveraging a unique panel dataset on Italian students, we show that the visible rank has a substantial impact on students' perceptions, which affects subsequent academic performance. However, the effect of being surrounded by higher-SES or higher-achieving peers remains positive even accounting for the decrease in rank. Higher-ranked students self-select into high schools with higher average student achievements. Finally, exploiting an extensive survey, we identify psychological mechanisms channeling the rank effect. |
| title | What is essential is visible to the eye: Saliency in primary school ranking and its effect on academic achievements |
| topic | General Economics Economics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.10026 |