We explore the extent to which starting primary school earlier by up to one year can help shield children from the … Australian Children, we employ a Regression Discontinuity Design based on birthday eligibility cut-offs. We find that Australian … children who have a sibling in poor health persistently lag behind other children in their cognitive development - but only for …

socioeconomic gradients in children's cognitive abilities across countries. Socioeconomic status is typically measured drawing on … children's reports of family or home characteristics rather than information provided by their parents. There is a well …'s occupation, parental education, and the number of books in the family home. Our results suggest that children's reports of their …

Using the Children of the Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS), we examine the association between education at the … evidence that the academic achievement of immigrant children in early adolescence is an accurate predictor of later life … outcomes. We also examine a novel hypothesis that relative academic performance of immigrant children in high school compared …