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Does the Early Bird Catch the Worm? Instrumental Variable Estimates of Educational Effects of Age of School Entry in Germany

Puhani, Patrick A. ; Weber, Andrea M. (2005):
Does the Early Bird Catch the Worm? Instrumental Variable Estimates of Educational Effects of Age of School Entry in Germany.
In: Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics, 151, Darmstadt, [Report]

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Title: Does the Early Bird Catch the Worm? Instrumental Variable Estimates of Educational Effects of Age of School Entry in Germany
Language: English
Abstract:

We estimate the effect of age of school entry on educational attainment using three different data sets for Germany, sampling pupils at the end of primary school, in the middle of secondary school and several years after secondary school. Results are obtained based on instrumental variable estimation exploiting the exogenous variation in month of birth. We find robust and significant positive effects on educational attainment for pupils who enter school at seven instead of six years of age: Test scores at the end of primary school increase by about 0.42 standard deviations and years of secondary schooling increase by almost half a year.

Series: Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics
Series Volume: 151
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Uncontrolled Keywords: education, immigration, policy, identification
Classification DDC: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft
Divisions: 01 Department of Law and Economics
01 Department of Law and Economics > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2008 08:22
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2016 09:24
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-47692
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JEL - Classification : I21, I28, J24

URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/4769
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