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The Benefits of Delayed Primary School Enrollment

Discontinuity Estimates Using Exact Birth Dates

Patrick J. McEwan and Joseph S. Shapiro
Journal of Human Resources, January 2008, 43 (1) 1-29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.43.1.1
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vol. 43 no. 1 1-29
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.43.1.1
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received July 1, 2006
  • Accepted March 1, 2007
  • Published online June 19, 2008.
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© 2008 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  1. Patrick J. McEwan and
  2. Joseph S. Shapiro

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