Maturity and school outcomes in an inflexible system: evidence from Catalonia
Abstract The existence of a rigid cutoff date which determines when children start primary school creates a large heterogeneity in students’ level of maturity within the classroom. We use rich administrative data of the universe of public schools in Catalonia to show that: (1) relatively younger chi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-07-01
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| Series: | SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13209-019-0196-6 |