First in the Class? Age and the Education Production Function

被引:51
作者
Cascio, Elizabeth U. [1 ]
Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore [2 ]
机构
[1] Dartmouth Coll, Dept Econ, Hanover, NH 03755 USA
[2] Northwestern Univ, Sch Educ & Social Policy, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
关键词
SCHOOL-ENTRY POLICIES; RANDOMIZED EXPERIMENT; STUDENT-ACHIEVEMENT; KINDERGARTEN ENTRANCE; PROJECT STAR; CHILDREN; PEERS; CHILDHOOD; TEACHERS; IMPACTS;
D O I
10.1162/EDFP_a_00191
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We estimate the effects of relative age in kindergarten using data from an experiment where children of the same age were randomly assigned to different kindergarten classmates. We exploit the resulting experimental variation in relative age in conjunction with variation in expected kindergarten entry age based on birthdate to account for negative selection of some of the older school entrants. We find that, holding constant own age, having older classmates on average improves educational outcomes, increasing test scores up to eight years after kindergarten, and raising the probability of taking a college-entry exam. These findings suggest that delaying kindergarten entry, or so-called academic redshirting, does not harm other childrenand may in fact benefit themconsistent with positive spillovers from higher-scoring or better-behaved peers.
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页码:225 / 250
页数:26
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