children in the medium-run. I combine detailed household-level data on more than 36,000 children with geo-coded information on … 0.13 standard deviations and lowers cognitive and behavioral skills of children. Leveraging information on the severity …

-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES …Inequality of opportunity strikes when two children with the same academic performance are sent to diff erent quality … children are signi ficantly less likely to enter the academic track if they come from low socio-economic status (SES) families …

The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger …