The effects of changes in kindergarten entry age policies on educational achievement

J Fletcher, T Kim - Economics of education review, 2016 - Elsevier
This study explores the effects of state kindergarten-entry-age policies on students'
outcomes by exploiting variation in the kindergarten entry cutoff dates enacted by states in …

Age culture, school-entry cutoff, and the choices of birth month and school-entry timing in South Korea

T Kim - Journal of Demographic Economics, 2021 - cambridge.org
This study explores how the distinctive Korean age reckoning, the Confucian age culture,
and the school-entry-cutoff date affect the decisions of parents on both birth and school-entry …

[PDF][PDF] The Persistent Effect of Being Old for Grade on Social-Emotional Skills

E Shin - 2023 - heshin11.github.io
I examine the persistence of old-for-grade effects in secondary education on socialemotional
skills, measured by self-esteem, friendships, learning approaches, and goalsetting mindsets …

[PDF][PDF] Parental Cheating Regarding Child's Birthday: A Response to the School Cutoff Date

H Cho, YW Lee - Korean Economic Review, 2020 - keapaper.kea.ne.kr
The literature shows that being older in a school class confers an advantage in academics
and, eventually, the labor market. For example, according to Bedard and Dhuey (2006), the …