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Title

  • Boys named Sue disruptive children and their peers

Summary

  • "This paper proposes an unusual identification strategy to estimate the effects of disruptive students on peer behavior and academic outcomes. I suggest that boys with names most commonly given to girls may be more prone to misbehavior as they get older. This paper utilizes data on names, classroom assignment, behavior problems and student test scores from a large Florida school district in the school years spanning 1996-97 through 1999-2000 to directly study the relationship between behavior and peer outcomes. I find that boys with female-sounding names tend to misbehave disproportionately upon entry to middle school, as compared to other boys and to their previous (relative) behavior patterns. In addition, I find that behavior problems, instrumented with the distribution of boys' names in the class, are associated with increased peer disciplinary problems and reduced peer test scores, indicating that disruptive behavior of students has negative ramifications for their peers"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

  • Figlio, David N.
  • National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2005.

Headings

  • -  Behavior disorders in children--Florida--Case studies
  • -  Behavior disorders in children--United States
  • -  Boys--Education--United States
  • -  Names, Personal--Psychological aspects--United States
  • -  Problem children--Education--United States

Notes

  • -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/6/2005.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Also available in print.
  • -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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  • HB1

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005617852

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Figlio, David N, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. Boys named Sue disruptive children and their peers. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005617852/.

APA citation style:

Figlio, D. N. & National Bureau Of Economic Research. (2005) Boys named Sue disruptive children and their peers. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2005617852/.

MLA citation style:

Figlio, David N, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. Boys named Sue disruptive children and their peers. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2005617852/>.