Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/279276 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10526
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Public policies often target individuals but within-family externalities of such interventions are understudied. Using a regression discontinuity design, we document how a third grade retention policy affects both the target children and their younger siblings. The policy improves test scores of both children while the spillover is up to 30% of the target child effect size. The effects are particularly pronounced in families where one of the children is disabled, for boys, and in immigrant families. Candidate mechanisms include improved classroom inputs and parental school choice.
Subjects: 
grade retention
sibling spillovers
policy externalities
test scores
JEL: 
D13
I20
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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