Empirical evidence suggests that relative age, which is determined by date of birth and the school entry cutoff date … analyze whether the initial assignment to different school tracks has persistent effects on educational attainment and … earnings in the first years of the career. I estimate the reduced-form effect of the school entry law on starting wages and …

probability of being in school for secondary school children was about 6 percent higher in 2002 than in 1998. These estimates … children in provinces fully implementing the FEL were 3 percent more likely to be in school and 1.6 percent points less likely … the probability of attending school and decrease the probability of combining work and school, particularly for boys; the …

In Sweden, children typically start compulsary school the year they turn seven. Individuals born just before or just … entire Swedish population born 1935-84, we find that children who start school at an older age do better in school and go on … after the new year, have about the same date of birth but start school att different ages. We exploit this source of …

-cognitive ability distributions using school grades and draft records from Swedish registers. The impact on student achievement caused …