Abstract
Fabrizio Bernardi, Michael Grätz Sociological Science, May 6, 2015 DOI 10.15195/v2.a12 Abstract Previous research has shown that being born in the months immediately preceding the school entry cut-off date leads to lower educational outcomes in countries with a strict admission policy.
Highlights
Previous research has shown that being born in the months immediately preceding the school entry cut-off date leads to lower educational outcomes in countries with a strict admission policy
The youngest children in a class can be almost twelve months younger than the oldest, and previous research has shown that children who are younger upon entering school tend to have substantially worse educational outcomes (Bedard and Dhuey 2006; Black, Devereux, and Salvanes 2011; Crawford, Deardan, and Meghir 2010; Crawford, Deardan, and Greaves 2013; Dobkin and Ferreira 2010; Fredriksson and Öckert 2014; Mühlenweg and Puhani 2010)
Since postponement of school entry is not allowed in England, under the testable assumption that month of birth is not associated with family background, we use age at school entry as a randomly allocated characteristic and investigate whether its negative effect on education is smaller for children of high social origin families
Summary
Previous research has shown that being born in the months immediately preceding the school entry cut-off date leads to lower educational outcomes in countries with a strict admission policy. Since postponement of school entry is not allowed in England, under the testable assumption that month of birth is not associated with family background, we use age at school entry as a randomly allocated characteristic and investigate whether its negative effect on education is smaller for children of high social origin families.
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