School Starting Age, Maternal Age at Birth, and Child Outcomes

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The Fertility Effects of School Entry Decisions

“…Similar to our results, McCrary and Royer (2011) do not find any impact on childlessness for the US. Yet, our findings contrast with Fredriksson, Huttunen, and Öckert (2021), who find school entry age effects on the age at birth, but no impact on the number of children based on Finnish data.…”