Determining the optimal age at which a child should enter school is a controversial topic in education policy. In …, established age of school entry at 6 years remains appropriate. Policies of encouraging early school entry or increased … consideration of a particular child's competency for school ("Schulfähigkeit") have been suggested. Using a dataset capturing …

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 … of the long-term causal effects exploits state and year variation in school entry regulations. The results show that …

There is a widely held belief that older students, by virtue of being more mature and readier to learn at school entry … pupils to drop out of high school earlier, which could adversely impact their employment; entering the workforce later also …, albeit important, costs to starting school later, however. Compulsory school-attendance laws may allow these same older …

Determining the optimal age at which a child should enter school is a controversial topic in education policy. In …, established age of school entry at 6 years remains appropriate. Policies of encouraging early school entry or increased … consideration of a particular child's competency for school (Schulfähigkeit) have been suggested. Using a dataset capturing children …

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 … of the long-term causal effects exploits state and year variation in school entry regulations. The results show that …

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 … of the long-term causal effects exploits state and year variation in school entry regulations. The results show that …

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 … of the long-term causal effects exploits state and year variation in school entry regulations. The results show that …

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 … of the long-term causal effects exploits state and year variation in school entry regulations. The results show that …

Being the youngest in a cohort entails many penalties. Using administrativedata of every public-school student in … Portugal, we show that although performancegains from being 1-year older fade quickly from primary education to high school …,age-related penalties persist through a combination of grade retention, educationaltracking and testing policies. Those that start school …