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

Tekijät: J. Pehkonen, J. Viinikainen, P. Böckerman, L. Pulkki-Råback, L. Keltikangas- Järvinen, O. Raitakari

Kustantaja: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Julkaisuvuosi: 2015

Journal: Applied Economics Letters

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS

Lehden akronyymi: APPL ECON LETT

Vuosikerta: 22

Numero: 11

Aloitussivu: 1345

Lopetussivu: 1348

Sivujen määrä: 4

ISSN: 1350-4851

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2015.1031864

Tiivistelmä

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.