Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295594 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 03/19
Publisher: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Abstract: 
We estimate the effects of receiving additional schooling before age 5 on cognitive and noncognitive outcomes, exploiting unique school entry rules in England that cause variation in the age at school entry and the effective length of the first school year, and combining survey data with administrative school records up to 6 years after exposure. We find significant effects on both cognitive and noncognitive outcomes at ages 5 and 7, particularly so for boys with a disadvantaged parental background. At age 11, effects on cognitive outcomes have disappeared, while there is still evidence for effects on noncognitive outcomes.
Subjects: 
Returns to early schooling
school entry age
child development
JEL: 
J13
I26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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