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Effects of School Starting Age on the Family

Rasmus Kløve Landersø, Helena Skyt Nielsen and Marianne Simonsen
Journal of Human Resources, October 2020, 55 (4) 1258-1286; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.4.1117-9174R1
Rasmus Kløve Landersø
Rasmus Kløve Landersø is a senior researcher at the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit. Helena Skyt Nielsen is a professor of economics at Aarhus University. Marianne Simonsen is a professor of economics at Aarhus University. The authors appreciate comments from Jon Guryan, Eskil
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Helena Skyt Nielsen
Rasmus Kløve Landersø is a senior researcher at the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit. Helena Skyt Nielsen is a professor of economics at Aarhus University. Marianne Simonsen is a professor of economics at Aarhus University. The authors appreciate comments from Jon Guryan, Eskil
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Rasmus Kløve Landersø is a senior researcher at the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit. Helena Skyt Nielsen is a professor of economics at Aarhus University. Marianne Simonsen is a professor of economics at Aarhus University. The authors appreciate comments from Jon Guryan, Eskil
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Abstract

This paper investigates intrafamily spillovers from the focal child’s timing of school start. We first show how school starting age affects the timing of subsequent educational transitions. Exploiting quasi-random variation in school starting age induced by date of birth, we then document effects on parental outcomes. At child age seven, for example, being one year older at school start increases maternal employment by four percentage points. At child age 15, it increases the likelihood that parents still cohabit by eight percentage points. Our results also indicate that later school start for the focal child improves older siblings’ academic performance.

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  • I21
  • J12
  • Received November 2017.
  • Accepted November 2018.

This open access article is distributed under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) and is freely available online at: http://jhr.uwpress.org

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Rasmus Kløve Landersø, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Marianne Simonsen
Journal of Human Resources Oct 2020, 55 (4) 1258-1286; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.55.4.1117-9174R1
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