%0 Report
        %A Landersø, Rasmus
%A Nielsen, Helena Skyt
%A Simonsen, Marianne
        %T School Starting Age and the Crime-Age Profile
        %D 2015
        %8 2015 Aug
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 9279
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9279
        %X This paper uses register-based data to investigate the effects of school starting age on crime. Through this, we provide insights into the determinants of crime-age profiles. We exploit that Danish children typically start first grade in the calendar year they turn seven, which gives rise to a discontinuity in school starting age for children born around New Year. Our analysis speaks against a simple invariant crime-age profile as is popular in criminology: we find that higher school starting age lowers the propensity to commit crime at young ages. We also find effects on the number of crimes committed for boys.
        %K violence
%K old-for-grade
%K school start
%K criminal charges
%K property crime