The Benefits of Delayed Primary School Enrollment: Discontinuity Estimates Using Exact Birth Dates
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| Title: | The Benefits of Delayed Primary School Enrollment: Discontinuity Estimates Using Exact Birth Dates |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | McEwan, Patrick J., Shapiro, Joseph S. |
| Source: | Journal of Human Resources. Win 2008 43(1):1-29. |
| Availability: | University of Wisconsin Press. 1930 Monroe Street, Madison, WI 53711-2059. Tel: 608-263-0668; Fax: 608-263-1173; e-mail: journals@uwpress.wisc.edu; Web site: http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 29 |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Outcomes of Education, School Readiness, Enrollment, Birth, Age, Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade Repetition, Educational Policy, Males, Gender Differences |
| Geographic Terms: | Chile |
| ISSN: | 0022-166X |
| 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.) |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 41 |
| Entry Date: | 2008 |
| Access URL: | https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/jhr/toc1.html |
| Accession Number: | EJ782754 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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