Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/108432 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Budapest Working Papers on the Labour Market No. BWP - 2007/2
Publisher: 
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Budapest
Abstract: 
The study estimates the effect of school starting age on academic performance for Hungarian grade four students using the "Progress in International Reading Literacy Study" (PIRLS) and the "Trends in Mathematics and Science Study" (TIMMS). The study uses the control function approach, exploiting the exogenous variation in school starting age driven by the children's month of birth and the cut-off date regulation for enrolment. The results indicate a positive age effect on Reading, Mathematics and Science performance.
Subjects: 
Education
student test scores
enrolment age
identification
JEL: 
I21
I28
J24
ISBN: 
978-963-9588-00-3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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