Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250563 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14902
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
School entry regulations lead to differences in the age when children start school. While previous literature estimated the effects of age at school entry for compliers with school entry regulations, we look at non-compliers, namely those who enter school one year before the official entry date. Based on an instrumental variable approach, the results show that early enrollment increases the number of children by 0.1, whereas we find no significant impact on rates of childlessness.
Subjects: 
school starting age
early school enrollment
fertility
motherhood
childlessness
JEL: 
I21
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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