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Younger, dissatisfied, and unhealthy - Relative age in adolescence

Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn; Sarracino, Francesco - 2020

We investigate whether relative age (i.e. the age gap between classmates) affects life satisfaction and health in … adolescence. We analyse data on students between 10 and 17 years of age from the international survey 'Health Behaviour in School … classmates) i) increases life satisfaction by 0.168 standard deviations, ii) increases selfrated general health by 0.108 standard …

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Younger and dissatisfied? : relative age and life-satisfaction in adolescence

Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018

-satisfaction gaps in adolescence. To this end, we analyse data from the multi-country Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC …

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Younger and dissatisfied? : relative age and life-satisfaction in adolescence

Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018

-satisfaction gaps in adolescence. To this end, we analyse data from the multi-country Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012150723

School entry age policy and adolescent risk-taking

Lopez-Mayan, Cristina; Montresor, Giulia; Nicodemo, Catia - 2024

This paper investigates the impact of the school entry age policy on adolescent risk-taking behaviors. The policy mandates that children begin primary education in the year they turn six, creating relative age differences within cohorts due to a January 1st cutoff date. Using data from the...

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Younger and Dissatisfied? Relative Age and Life-Satisfaction in Adolescence

Fumarco, Luca - 2018

-satisfaction gaps in adolescence. To this end, we analyse data from the multi-country Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906483

Inequality of educational opportunities and the role of learning intensity : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Germany

Camarero Garcia, Sebastian - 2018

Over the 2000s, many federal states in Germany shortened the duration of secondary school by one year while keeping the curriculum unchanged. Exploiting quasi-experimental variation due to the staggered introduction of this reform allows me to identify the causal effect of increased learning...

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Improving educational outcomes : analyses of intervention and public opinion

Wedel, Katharina - 2024

Katharina Wedel prepared this study while she was working at the Center for the Economics of Education at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2023 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at LMU Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that...

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Erasmus exchange program : a matter of (relatively) older students

Carlsson, Magnus; Fumarco, Luca; Gibbs, B. G. - 2020

This study contributes to the literature on long-term effects of relative age (i.e. age differences between classmates in compulsory school) by examining tertiary education outcomes. We investigate whether there is evidence of relative age effects on university students enrolled in the Erasmus...

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Unlucky to be young? : the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health

Bahrs, Michael; Schumann, Mathias - 2016

In this study, we analyse the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health in adulthood … age reduces the long-term risk to smoke, improves long-term health, and affects physical rather than mental health. In …

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Increased Instruction Hours and the Widening Gap in Student Performance

Huebener, Mathias - 2016

Do increased instruction hours improve the performance of all students? Using PISA scores of students in ninth grade, we analyse the effect of a German education reform that increased weekly instruction hours by two hours (6.5 percent) over almost five years. In the additional time, students are...

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