| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w21610 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 21610 |
| The Gift of Time? School Starting Age and Mental Health | |
| Thomas S. Dee; Hans Henrik Sievertsen | |
| 发表日期 | 2015-10-05 |
| 出版年 | 2015 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | In many developed countries, children now begin their formal schooling at an older age. However, a growing body of empirical studies provides little evidence that such schooling delays improve educational and economic outcomes. This study presents new evidence on whether school starting age influences student outcomes by relying on linked Danish survey and register data that include several distinct, widely used, and validated measures of mental health that are reported out-of-school among similarly aged children. We estimate the causal effects of delayed school enrollment using a "fuzzy" regression-discontinuity design based on exact dates of birth and the fact that, in Denmark, children typically enroll in school during the calendar year in which they turn six. We find that a one-year delay in the start of school dramatically reduces inattention/hyperactivity at age 7 (effect size = -0.7), a measure of self regulation with strong negative links to student achievement. We also find that this large and targeted effect persists at age 11. However, the estimated effects of school starting age on other mental-health constructs, which have weaker links to subsequent student achievement, are smaller and less persistent. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Education |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w21610 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/579284 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Thomas S. Dee,Hans Henrik Sievertsen. The Gift of Time? School Starting Age and Mental Health. 2015. |
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