"Does it matter when a child starts school? While the popular press seems to suggest it does, there is limited evidence … of a long-run effect of school starting age on student outcomes. This paper uses data on the population of Norway to … examine the role of school starting age on longer-run outcomes such as IQ scores at age 18, educational attainment, teenage …

Does it matter when a child starts school? While the popular press seems to suggest it does, there is limited evidence … of a long-run effect of school starting age on student outcomes. This paper uses data on the population of Norway to … examine the role of school starting age on longer-run outcomes such as IQ scores at age 18, educational attainment, teenage …

Does it matter when a child starts school? While the popular press seems to suggest it does, there is limited evidence … of a long-run effect of school starting age on student outcomes. This paper uses data on the population of Norway to … examine the role of school starting age on longer-run outcomes such as IQ scores at age 18, educational attainment, teenage …

Does it matter when a child starts school? While the popular press seems to suggest it does, there is limited evidence … of a long-run effect of school starting age on student outcomes. This paper uses data on the population of Norway to … examine the role of school starting age on longer-run outcomes such as IQ scores at age 18, educational attainment, teenage …

Does it matter when a child starts school? While the popular press seems to suggest it does, there is limited evidence … of a long-run effect of school starting age on student outcomes. This paper uses data on the population of Norway to … examine the role of school starting age on longer-run outcomes such as IQ scores at age 18, educational attainment, teenage …

-primary school achievement is an important predictor: Its relationship with college performance is concave for college completion … first class honours or a 2.1 degree. However, once we control for post-primary school achievement, these students actually …, possibly because their school exam results are high relative to their abilities. Our results suggest that current college …