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The long-term effect of age at school entry on competencies in adulthood
Görlitz, Katja; Penny, Merlin; Tamm, Marcus - 2019
The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school starting age continue into adulthood. Based on data on math...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966974
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The long-term effect of age at school entry on competencies in adulthood
Görlitz, Katja; Penny, Merlin; Tamm, Marcus - 2019
The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school starting age continue into adulthood. Based on data on math...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011971645
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The long-term effect of age at school entry on competencies in adulthood
Görlitz, Katja; Penny, Merlin; Tamm, Marcus - 2019
The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school starting age continue into adulthood. Based on data on math...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011973291
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The long-term effect of age at school entry on competencies in adulthood
Görlitz, Katja; Penny, Merlin; Tamm, Marcus - 2019
The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school starting age continue into adulthood. Based on data on math...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979737
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The effects of compulsory military service exemption on education and labor market outcomes : evidence from a natural experiment
Torun, Huzeyfe; Tumen, Semih - 2015
empirical strategy to estimate the intention-to-treat effect of this paid exemption on the education and labor market outcomes … reduction in education when we implement the same exercises with (i) data on females and (ii) placebo reform dates. The … interpretation is that the reform has reduced the incentives to continue education for the purpose of deferring military service. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309457
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The effects of compulsory military service exemption on education and labor market outcomes : evidence from a natural experiment
Torun, Huzeyfe; Tumen, Semih - 2016
empirical strategy to estimate the intention-to-treat effect of this paid exemption on education and labor market outcomes of … reduction in education when we implement the same exercises with (i) data on females and (ii) placebo reform dates. The … interpretation is that the reform has reduced the incentives to continue education for the purpose of deferring military service. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494016
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Unlucky to be young? : the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health
Bahrs, Michael; Schumann, Mathias - 2016
In this study, we analyse the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health in adulthood. School entry rules combined with birth month are used as an instrument for school starting age. The analysis adopts the German Socio-Economic Panel data and employs a fuzzy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011533515
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School starting age, maternal age at birth, and child outcomes
Fredriksson, Peter; Huttunen, Kristiina; Öckert, Björn - 2021
This paper analyses the effects of maternal school starting age and maternal age-at-birth on children's short and long-term outcomes using Finnish register data. We exploit a school-starting-age rule for identification. Mothers who are born after the school entry cut-off give birth at higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419210
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Timing of school entry and personality traits in adulthood
Barabasch, Anton; Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Leibing, Andreas - 2024
This paper investigates the long-run consequences of a later school entry for personality traits. For identification, we exploit the statutory cutoff rules for school enrollment in Germany within a regression discontinuity design. We find that relatively older school starters have persistently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015078132
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The accumulation of human and market capital in the United States: the long view, 1948-2013
Fraumeni, Barbara M.; Christian, Michael S.; Samuels, Jon D. - 2020
period, first the post-World War baby boom and then the substantial increase in education led to higher economic growth than … otherwise expected. As the pace of increase in education slowed and the workforce aged toward the end of the period, human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213777