Does the early bird catch the worm?

Instrumental variable estimates of early educational effects of age of school entry in Germany

We estimate the effect of age of school entry on educational outcomes using two different data sets for Germany, sampling pupils at the end of primary school and in the middle of secondary school. Results are obtained based on instrumental variable estimation exploiting the exogenous variation in mo...

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Volume:	32
Main Author:	Puhani, Patrick A Weber, Andrea M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.05.2007 Springer
published in:	Empirical economics Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 359 - 386
Data of publication:	20070500
ISSN:	0377-7332 1435-8921
EISSN:	1435-8921
Discipline:	Economics Education
Subjects:	Policy Economics general Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance Education Immigration Economic Theory I21 Identification Econometrics J24 I28 Economics / Management Science
Online Access:	Fulltext
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