investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are …

Children born at the end of the academic year have lower educational attainment, on average, than those born at the … start of the academic year. Previous research shows that the difference is most pronounced early in pupils' school lives … scores is likely to be the most appropriate policy response to ensure that children born towards the end of the year are not …

Children born at the end of the academic year have lower educational attainment, on average, than those born at the … start of the academic year. Previous research has shown that the difference is most pronounced early in pupils' school lives … there are differences in broader measures of well-being such as self-perceived health and mental health. We find that the …

We study the effects of school starting age on siblings' infant health. In Spain, children born in December start … discontinuity design to compare the health at birth of the children of women born in January versus the previous December, using … children of December-born mothers, the children of January-born mothers are more likely to have very low birthweight. We then …

This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behaviour for adolescent …

investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are …