Relative age at school entry, school performance and long-term labour market outcomes

This article examines the impact of relative age at school entry on school performance, educational attainment and labour market outcomes later in life. We find that the advantages of maturity at school entry are short-lived with relative age having no impact on the years of formal education, adulth...

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Published inApplied economics letters Vol. 22; no. 16; pp. 1345 - 1348
Main Authors Pehkonen, J., Viinikainen, J., Böckerman, P., Pulkki-Råback, L., Keltikangas-Järvinen, L., Raitakari, O.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 02.11.2015
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
Academic achievement
Economic analysis
Economic impact
Educational attainment
Employment
Labor economics
Labor market
Labour market
labour market outcomes
Level of education
relative age
school entry
Studies
test scores
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Summary:This article examines the impact of relative age at school entry on school performance, educational attainment and labour market outcomes later in life. We find that the advantages of maturity at school entry are short-lived with relative age having no impact on the years of formal education, adulthood earnings or employment. Our findings are consistent with the view that assumes modest maturity effects in countries where formal education begins late and there are no ability-differentiated learning groups at initial grades.
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ISSN:1350-4851
1466-4291
DOI:10.1080/13504851.2015.1031864