TY  - JOUR
AB  - We document a largely unrecognized pathway through which schools promote human capital development – by fostering informal mentoring relationships between students and school personnel. Using longitudinal data from a large, nationally representative sample of adolescents, we explore the frequency, nature, and consequences of school-based natural mentorships. Estimates across a range of fixed effect (FE) specifications, including student FE and twins FE models, consistently show that students with school-based mentors achieve greater academic success and higher levels of post-secondary attainment. These apparent benefits are evident for students across a wide range of backgrounds but are largest for students of lower socioeconomic status.
AU  - Kraft, Matthew A.
AU  - Bolves, Alexander 
AU  - Hurd, Noelle M. 
PY  - 2021
ST  - School-based Mentoring Relationships and Human Capital Formation
T2  - EdWorkingPapers.com
TI  - School-based Mentoring Relationships and Human Capital Formation
UR  - http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai21-441
ER  -