Student Age and the Collegiate Pathway

Abstract

Using a rich data set of all SAT test takers from the

School Entry, Compulsory Schooling, and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Michigan

“…The recent study by Hurwitz et al (2015) is the most similar to our work. The authors examine postsecondary impacts of school entry and compulsory schooling laws across the United States, using the universe of SAT test-takers in the high school graduation cohorts of 2004 through 2008.…”

“…Several recent studies have explored the longer-run impacts of school entry and compulsory schooling laws on postsecondary and labor market outcomes (e.g., Hurwitz et al, 2015;Dobkin & Ferreira, 2010). We add to this group of studies a few ways: First, we study the net effects of this set of laws within one state's policy context, wherein we can follow cohorts of students from elementary school through college.…”

School Starting Age and Cognitive Development

“…2 See Black et al (2011); Dhuey and Lipscomb (2010); Elder (2010); Elder and Lubotsky (2009); Evans et al (2010); Morrow et al (2012); andDee and Sievertsen (2017).3 Dobkin and Ferreira (2010) andBlack et al (2011) find little to no effect on academic attainment whereasBedard and Dhuey (2006),Kawaguchi (2011),Fredriksson and Ockert (2014),Cook and Kang (2016), and Pena (2017) find a positive effect of being older on academic attainment. However,Hemelt and Rosen (2016) andHurwitz et al (2015), find the opposite to be true. 4 For instance,Fredriksson and Ockert (2014),Kawaguchi (2011), andPena (2017) find that older children at school entry earn higher wages.…”

The Causal Link between Relative Age Effect and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from 17 Million Users across 49 Years on Taobao

“…Prior works, however, are split in terms of the endurance of this RAE into adulthood. While one body of literature supports the view that the effect will propagate into career development (Angrist and Krueger 1991, Bedard and Dhuey 2006, Deaner, Lowen and Cobley 2013, Du, Gao and Levi 2012, Kuhn and Weinberger 2005, Plug 2001, another body holds that the effect will diminish (Black, Devereux and Salvanes 2011, Dobkin and Ferreira 2010, Fredriksson and Ockert 2014, Fredriksson and Ockert 2005, Hauck and Finch 1993, Hurwitz, Smith and Howell 2015, Nam 2014. To the best of our knowledge, the literature falls short of presenting evidence for the persistence of RAE after one enters the job market.…”

“…What remains unclear is whether such effects persist in the later stage of one's life cycle. Although some studies indicate that RAE does persist (Angrist and Krueger 1991, Bedard and Dhuey 2006, Deaner, Lowen and Cobley 2013, Du, Gao and Levi 2012, Kuhn and Weinberger 2005, Plug 2001, other studies suggest that such effects will eventually disappear after one enters the labor market (Black, Devereux and Salvanes 2011, Dobkin and Ferreira 2010, Fredriksson and Ockert 2014, Fredriksson and Ockert 2005, Hauck and Finch 1993, Hurwitz, Smith and Howell 2015, Nam 2014). Chetty, Hendren and Katz (2016) show that children grow up in high exposure to innovation are much more likely to become inventors, and exposure to better environment during childhood improves children's overall mental health and IQ (Aghion et al 2017).…”