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Life‐cycle Effects of Age at School Start

Author(s) -

Fredriksson Peter,

Öckert Björn

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the economic journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.683

H-Index - 160

eISSN - 1468-0297

pISSN - 0013-0133

DOI - 10.1111/ecoj.12047

Subject(s) - earnings , educational attainment , tracking (education) , demographic economics , economics , psychology , labour economics , economic growth , finance , pedagogy

In Sweden, children typically start school the year they turn seven. We combine this school entry cut‐off with individuals' birthdates to estimate effects of school starting age (SSA) on educational attainment and long‐run labour market outcomes. We find that school entry age raises educational attainment and show that postponing tracking until age 16 reduces the effect of SSA on educational attainment. On average, SSA only affects the allocation of labour supply over the life‐cycle and leaves prime‐age earnings unaffected. But for individuals with low‐educated parents, we find that prime‐age earnings increase in response to age at school start.

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