Table 6.
2SLS Estimates of High School Peer Group on College Achievement: 1995–2003
| Fixed Effects? | First-Semester GPA
|
Two-year Persistence
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled Sample Year/School (1) | White Sample Year/School (2) | Black Sample Year/School (3) | Hispanic Sample Year/School (4) | Pooled Sample Year/School (5) | White Sample Year/School (6) | Black Sample Year/School (7) | Hispanic Sample Year/School (8) | |
| Number of high school classmates | 0.069** (0.035) | 0.087 (0.064) | 0.034 (0.111) | 0.067 (0.049) | 0.017* (0.009) | 0.025 (0.019) | 0.022 (0.037) | 0.012 (0.012) |
| Male | −0.104*** (0.009) | −0.116*** (0.014) | −0.137* (0.074) | −0.092*** (0.026) | −0.011*** (0.003) | −0.009* (0.005) | −0.013 (0.030) | −0.012 (0.009) |
| Black | 0.226*** (0.043) | 0.064*** (0.016) | ||||||
| Hispanic | 0.075** (0.032) | −0.003 (0.010) | ||||||
| Asian | 0.012 (0.021) | 0.034*** (0.006) | ||||||
| Other race | −0.066 (0.066) | −0.023 (0.027) | ||||||
| Maternal education | 0.026*** (0.007) | 0.045*** (0.012) | −0.009 (0.098) | 0.004 (0.015) | 0.011*** (0.003) | 0.016*** (0.005) | −0.006 (0.035) | 0.006 (0.006) |
| Missing maternal education | −0.166*** (0.024) | −0.204*** (0.032) | −0.261* (0.137) | −0.180*** (0.057) | −0.135*** (0.009) | −0.145*** (0.012) | −0.225*** (0.048) | −0.180*** (0.023) |
| High school class rank | 0.028*** (0.002) | 0.029*** (0.003) | 0.020*** (0.008) | 0.028*** (0.002) | 0.005*** (0.000) | 0.005*** (0.001) | 0.006** (0.003) | 0.005*** (0.001) |
| SAT/ACT score | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | 0.001*** (0.000) | −0.007*** (0.002) | −0.008*** (0.002) | −0.027*** (0.009) | −0.001 (0.004) |
| Top 10 percent | 0.271*** (0.035) | 0.308*** (0.053) | 0.045 (0.490) | 0.218*** (0.066) | 0.042*** (0.012) | 0.059*** (0.021) | −0.064 (0.179) | 0.039 (0.026) |
| Classmates’ SAT/ACT score | 0.001** (0.000) | 0.001 (0.000) | −0.000 (0.000) | 0.000 (0.000) | 0.000 (0.000) | 0.000 (0.000) | −0.000 (0.000) | 0.000 (0.000) |
| Top 10 X Black | −0.203*** (0.048) | −0.028 (0.018) | ||||||
| Top 10 X Hispanic | −0.070** (0.035) | 0.016 (0.011) | ||||||
| Top 10 X maternal education | −0.015* (0.009) | −0.035** (0.017) | 0.046 (0.104) | −0.008 (0.018) | −0.007** (0.003) | −0.012** (0.006) | 0.012 (0.039) | −0.003 (0.007) |
| Observations | 50264 | 31219 | 1723 | 7433 | 50264 | 31219 | 1723 | 7433 |
| Number of schools | 851 | 699 | 272 | 471 | 851 | 699 | 272 | 471 |
| F-statistic | 7.597 | 3.208 | 2.124 | 9.415 | 7.597 | 3.208 | 2.124 | 9.415 |
Note: Standard errors clustered at the high school level.
***
1%,
**
5%, and
*
10%.
Source: University of Texas at Austin administrative data.