TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cáceres-Delpiano, Julio
AU  - Giolito, Eugenio
        TI  - School Starting Age and the Impact on School Admission
        PY  - 2023/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16375
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp16375
        AB  - This study employs Chilean administrative data to investigate the impact of School Starting Age (SSA) on the characteristics of students' initial enrolled schools. Employing minimum age requirements and an RD-design to mitigate endogeneity concerns, we identify benefits linked to commencing school at a later age. Our findings demonstrate that children starting school at an older age enroll in institutions with higher average scores in standardized tests and interact with older peers whose parents have higher education levels. Furthermore, they display a heightened likelihood of entering schools employing academic selection methods, a greater proportion of fulltime teachers, and a larger percentage of instructors with a 4-year college degree.The analysis by level of education of the parents and gender reveals that most of our results are driven by parents with lower levels of education and girls.
        KW  - school starting age
KW  - Chile
KW  - Latin America
KW  - schools' characteristics
        ER  -