Exposure to high-ability peers entails positive learning externalities, but it also decreases
students' academic self-concept because of lower ordinal ability rank. We show that, as a …

We study the impact of classroom rank on children's learning using a unique experiment
from Ecuador. Within each school, students were randomly assigned to classrooms in every …

How do individuals respond when their ordinal ranking becomes salient? We present
evidence on the effects and mechanisms of achievement rank effects in middle schools …

A student's class rank has important short and long-term effects on important educational
outcomes. Despite our growing understanding of these rank effects, we still do not know how …

We present first experimental evidence that relative performance feedback improves both
the speed and quality with which challenging long-term tasks are completed. Providing …

The problem-solving approach to Political Science organizes research programs into three
phases. First, one uses normative analysis and empirical description to establish a …

Whilst a growing literature has documented the link between academic rank and
educational progression, the effect of socioeconomic rank on these outcomes has been …

We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of
first-time students in universities of applied sciences. Our identification strategy relies on …

This paper analyzes ordinal rank across cognitive and physical ability within an initial job
training program. Using a rich administrative dataset and conditional random assignment of …

We examine how exposure to recent migrants and asylum seekers affects the academic
performance of incumbent students in Sweden between 2008 and 2022, a period …