The younger, the better? Age-related differences in academic performance at university.

Autor/inn/en	Pellizzari, Michele; Billari, Francesco C.
Titel	The younger, the better? Age-related differences in academic performance at university.
Quelle	In: Journal of population economics, 25 (2012) 2, S. 697-739 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0176-1714; 0933-1433; 1432-1475
DOI	10.1007/s00148-011-0379-3
Schlagwörter	Kognitive Kompetenz; Lernfähigkeit; Psychischer Faktor; Lebensalter; Soziales Verhalten; Determinante; Altersstruktur; Studierfähigkeit; Studienerfolg; Altersabhängigkeit; Student; Studienanfänger; Italien
Abstract	"In this paper, we investigate differences in academic performance among students of different ages within the same cohorts using a unique database of students at Bocconi University. Our data allow to control for potential selection effects as well as for differences in cognitive ability, as measured by an attitudinal entry test. Contrary to most of the existing evidence for younger pupils, we document that at the undergraduate level, youngest students perform better compared with their oldest peers. This finding is only partly explained by differences in cognitive ability and rather seems to be associated with differences in social activities." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1995 bis 1998.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/3