Matta, Rafael; Ribas, Rafael Pérez; Sampaio, Breno; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 5 (2016) 9, pp. 1-25
This paper provides evidence of the effect of age at school entry on college admission and earnings. It does so by exploiting a number of features in the application process to one of the major flagship universities in Brazil. By comparing applicants with different ages at school entry depending...