The Benefits of Delayed Primary School Enrollment: Discontinuity Estimates Using Exact Birth Dates

Autor/inn/en	McEwan, Patrick J.; Shapiro, Joseph S.
Titel	The Benefits of Delayed Primary School Enrollment: Discontinuity Estimates Using Exact Birth Dates
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 43 (2008) 1, S.1-29 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Outcomes of Education; School Readiness; Enrollment; Birth; Age; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Countries; Grade Repetition; Educational Policy; Males; Gender Differences; Chile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Einschulung; Geburt; Alter; Lebensalter; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Repeat a school year; Repeating; Sitzen bleiben; Sitzenbleiben; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	The paper estimates the effect of delayed school enrollment on student outcomes, using administrative data on Chilean students that include exact birth dates. Regression-discontinuity estimates, based on enrollment cutoffs, show that a one-year delay decreases the probability of repeating first grade by two percentage points, and increases fourth and eighth grade test scores by more than 0.3 standard deviations, with larger effects for boys. The paper concludes with implications for enrollment age policy. (Contains 4 figures, 6 tables and 27 footnotes.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10