Social networks and academic achievement: analyzing the peer-effect on São Paulo public school system

• Grant number: 11/15850-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: December 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics
• Principal Investigator: Marcos de Almeida Rangel
• Grantee: Renata Mayer Gukovas
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Friendship bounds are believed to have a deep influence over one individual's behavior. In particular, peer pressure could be of great importance while a teenager decides whether to carry on his or her studies. Little is known about the social interactions among students on Brazilian schools, neither about if they have any impact on the choices these students make about their future. Even among international studies, most research focus on collge-students' data, consequently, there is lack of information about friendship during youth - a time of life when peer acceptance is extremely important for individuals. On this project, data about social networks among 7th and 9th grade students of São Paulo's public schools will be used in order to estimate if there is any impact of peer opinion on personal decisions about continuing education, and its magnitude. These results would fill an important gap on the study of Brazilian Educational System and also provide valuable information regarding peer effects during youth.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

GUKOVAS, Renata Mayer. Social networks and academic achievement: peer-effects within Sao Paulo\'s public school system. 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA/SBD) São Paulo.