In Finland, children start school during the calendar year they turn seven years old. This creates a discontinuous jump in school starting age. I utilize a regression discontinuity design and rich register data to study whether this discontinuous jump in the school starting age affects...

The long-term economic impact of children's age at primary school entry on educational attainment and labor market outcomes is one of the primary concerns to families, educators, and policymakers. Using a nationally representative survey of families and individuals, this paper is the first to...

This study provides a policy evaluation of laws allowing early school enrollment of children, i.e., enrollment before the official school starting age. It investigates the effects of early enrollment on educational attainment, wages and employment. While the school starting age is usually...

In dieser Arbeit untersuchen wir die Auswirkung des Einschulungsalters auf den späteren schulischen Erfolg. Grundlage der empirischen Analysen sind zwei unterschiedliche Datensätze für Deutschland, die Individualdaten von Schülern am Ende der Grundschule und in der weiterführenden Schule...