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Author: Schwab, Robert M.
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1. Evans, William N.
Oates, Wallace E.
Schwab, Robert M.
Measuring Peer Group Teenage Behavior: A Study of Teenage Behavior
Journal of Political Economy 100,5 (October 1992): 966-991.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2138631
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Behavior; Endogeneity; Neighborhood Effects; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; School Dropouts

Individuals or households often have some scope for choice of peer groups, whether through the selection of neighborhood of residence, school, or friends. This study addresses the estimation of peer group effects in cases in which measures of peer group influence are potentially endogenous variables. Using a rich data set on individual behavior, the paper explores teenage pregnancy and school dropout behavior . For both cases, the estimation of a straightforward single-equation model yields statistically significant peer group effects; however, these effects disappear under simultaneous equation estimation. The results are robust and suggest the need for careful modeling of the choice of peer groups. (ABI/Inform)
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Evans, William N., Wallace E. Oates and Robert M. Schwab. "Measuring Peer Group Teenage Behavior: A Study of Teenage Behavior." Journal of Political Economy 100,5 (October 1992): 966-991.