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May 5, 2021

Relative comparisons affect performance and choices in college

Whether someone is a big fish in a little pond is largely a matter of luck, but it changes how students behave

  • higher education
  • peer effects
  • rank
  • social comparisons
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Ingo E. Isphording
  • Ulf Zölitz
Research

November 27, 2015

Rank, sex, drugs and crime: How relative ability affects adolescents’ risky behaviors

Parents, teachers and policymakers alike are concerned with adolescents engaging in risky practices, such as drug abuse, unprotected sex, or […]

  • adolescents
  • crime
  • drinking
  • drug use
  • education
  • high school dropouts
  • peer effects
  • rank
  • relative ability
  • risky behavior
  • sex
  • teenagers
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Ingo E. Isphording

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