Making Up for an Unlucky Month of Birth in School: Causal Evidence on the Compensatory Advantage of Family Background in England
Previous research has shown that being born in the months immediately preceding the school entry cut-off date leads to lower educational outcomes in countries with a strict admission policy. In this article we use the effect of age at school entry in England as an identification device to provide a...
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Society for Sociological Science
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Sociological Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.sociologicalscience.com/download/volume-2/may/SocSci_v2_235to251.pdf |