The relative age effects in educational development: A systematic review

A Urruticoechea, A Oliveri, E Vernazza… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
There is a large number of variables, studied in the literature, that affect the integral
development of students in the educational stage, but few research analyze the effects that …

[HTML][HTML] What the COVID-19 school closure left in its wake: Evidence from a regression discontinuity analysis in Japan

R Takaku, I Yokoyama - Journal of public economics, 2021 - Elsevier
To control the spread of COVID-19, the national government of Japan abruptly started the
closure of elementary schools on March 2, 2020, but preschools were exempted from this …

The effect of female education on fertility and infant health: evidence from school entry policies using exact date of birth

J McCrary, H Royer - American economic review, 2011 - aeaweb.org
This paper uses age-at-school-entry policies to identify the effect of female education on
fertility and infant health. We focus on sharp contrasts in schooling, fertility, and infant health …

Learning-adjusted years of schooling (LAYS): Defining a new macro measure of education

D Filmer, H Rogers, N Angrist, S Sabarwal - Economics of Education …, 2020 - Elsevier
The standard summary metric of education-based human capital used in macro analyses is
a quantity-based one: The average number of years of schooling in a population. But as …

The effect of patient cost sharing on utilization, health, and risk protection

H Shigeoka - American Economic Review, 2014 - aeaweb.org
This paper exploits a sharp reduction in patient cost sharing at age 70 in Japan, using a
regression discontinuity design to examine its effect on utilization, health, and financial risk …

Parental involvement and academic achievement among elementary and middle school students

M Otani - Asia Pacific Education Review, 2020 - Springer
This study investigates the associations between parental involvement and academic
achievement across three criteria: school level (elementary and middle school), gender …

School starting age and cognitive development

E Dhuey, D Figlio, K Karbownik… - Journal of Policy Analysis …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present evidence of a positive relationship between school starting age and children's
cognitive development from ages 6 to 18 using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and …

First in the class? Age and the education production function

EU Cascio, DW Schanzenbach - Education Finance and Policy, 2016 - direct.mit.edu
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 …

The drivers of month-of-birth differences in children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills

C Crawford, L Dearden… - Journal of the Royal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Previous research has found that children who are born later in the academic year have
lower educational attainment, on average, than children who are born earlier in the year …

Disabled or young? Relative age and special education diagnoses in schools

E Dhuey, S Lipscomb - Economics of Education Review, 2010 - Elsevier
This study extends recent findings of a relationship between the relative age of students
among their peers and their probability of disability classification. Using three nationally …