TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Landersø, Rasmus
AU  - Nielsen, Helena Skyt
AU  - Simonsen, Marianne
        TI  - School Starting Age and the Crime-Age Profile
        PY  - 2015/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9279
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9279
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - violence
KW  - old-for-grade
KW  - school start
KW  - criminal charges
KW  - property crime
        ER  -