Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26100 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2055
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
At the age of ten German pupils are given a secondary school track recommendation which largely determines the actual track choice. Track choice has major effects on the life course, mainly through labor market outcomes. Using data from the German PISA extension study, we analyze the effect of month of birth and thus relative age on such recommendations. We find that younger pupils are less often recommended to and actually attend Gymnasium, the most attractive track in terms of later life outcomes. Flexible enrolment and grade retention partly offset these inequalities and the relative age effect dissipates as students age.
JEL: 
I21
I28
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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