| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP12515 |
| DP12515 The Effect of School Starting Age on Special Needs Incidence and Child Development into Adolescence | |
| Beatrix Eugster; Simone Balestra | |
| 发表日期 | 2017-12-17 |
| 出版年 | 2017 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Children starting school at older ages consistently exhibit better educational outcomes. In this paper, we underscore child development as a mechanism driving this effect. We study the causal effect of school starting age on a child’s probability of developing special educational needs in early grades. We find that starting school at a relatively older age decreases the probability of developing special needs by approximately 6 percentage points. This decrease is due to a lower incidence of various behavioral and learning impairments. Importantly, the effect is not driven by non-expert over-referrals of relatively younger children to special needs services. The effect is persistent throughout compulsory schooling, resulting in higher test scores in grade eight. Although these performance differentials are significant, they do not affect labor market entry. |
| 主题 | Labour Economics |
| 关键词 | School starting age Special needs Child development |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp12515 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/541326 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Beatrix Eugster,Simone Balestra. DP12515 The Effect of School Starting Age on Special Needs Incidence and Child Development into Adolescence. 2017. |
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