This paper investigates intra-family spillovers from the focal child's timing of school start. We first show how school … starting age affects the timing of subsequent educational transitions. Exploiting quasi-random variation in school starting age … at school start increases maternal employment with four percentage points; at child age 15, it increases the likelihood …

This paper uses register-based data to investigate the effects of school starting age on crime. Through this, we … the calendar year they turn seven, which gives rise to a discontinuity in school starting age for children born around New … school starting age lowers the propensity to commit crime at young ages. We also find effects on the number of crimes …

We exploit variation stemming from school consolidations in Denmark from 2010- 2011 to analyze the impact on student … achievement as measured by test scores. For each student we observe enrollment and test scores one year prior to school … consolidation and up to four years after. We find that school consolidation has adverse effects on achievement in the short run and …

We exploit variation stemming from school consolidations in Denmark from 2010-2011 to analyze the impact on student … achievement as measured by test scores. For each student we observe enrollment and test scores one year prior to school … consolidation and up to four years after. We find that school consolidation has adverse effects on achievement in the short run and …

emotionally sensitive children in the school-cohort. We exploit that some children move between schools and thus generate … variation in peer composition in the receiving school-cohort. We identify three groups of potentially disruptive and emotionally …