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 regression discontinuity design. The results reveal that school starting …

We estimate the causal impact of school smoking bans in Germany on the propensity and intensity of smoking. Using … representative longitudinal data, we use variation in state, year, age cohort, school track, and survey time for implementation of … such smoking bans to identify the effects of interest. The estimates from our multipledifferences approach show that six to …

We study the effects of school starting age on siblings' infant health. In Spain, children born in December start … maternal age is a plausible mechanism behind our estimated impacts of school starting age on infant health. … school a year earlier than those born the following January, despite being essentially the same age. We follow a regression …

Although many students suffer from anxiety and depression, and often identify school pressure and concerns about their … futures as the main reasons for their worries, little is known about the consequences of a selective school environment on … students’ mental health. Using a regression discontinuity analysis in the largest Norwegian cities, we show that eligibility to …

In this paper, we examine the impact of school shootings on the human health and capital outcomes of middle and high … school student survivors as adults in their twenties and early thirties. Our data on school shooting events is from a recent …, comprehensive database of school shootings compiled by the Center for Homeland Defense and Security. The analytic dataset contains …