This paper examines the effects of Asian peers on non-Asian student achievement in New York City public schools. We use exogenous variation in the share of Asian students across cohorts within schools stemming from a fertility shock among the Asian population in the Chinese year of the Dragon. Results show that a 10-percentage-point increase in the share of Asian students reduces non-Asian math and ELA scores by 0.14 and 0.16 standard deviations. The reduction in achievement is associated with an increase in the share of non-Asian students who fail to demonstrate the skills expected at the grade, especially in math.

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超越黑白：亚洲同龄人对学业成就的影响

本文研究了亚洲同龄人对纽约市公立学校非亚洲学生成绩的影响。由于龙年这一年亚洲人口的生育力冲击，我们使用了学校中不同年龄段的亚洲学生所占比例的外生差异。结果表明，亚洲学生比例增加了10个百分点，非亚洲人的数学和ELA分数降低了0.14和0.16标准差。成绩下降与未能证明该年级所期望的技能，尤其是数学方面的非亚洲学生的比例增加有关。