| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Whose children gain from starting school later? – evidence from Hungary |
| Authors: | Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia Köllő, János |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13803611.2012.695142 |
| Published in: | Educational Research and Evaluation |
| Volume(Issue): | 18 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Page(s): | 459 |
| Pages to: | 488 |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Routledge |
| ISSN: | 1380-3611 1744-4187 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Education; Student test score; Enrolment age; Identification |
| Subject (DDC): | 370: Education |
| Abstract: | We look at the effect of school starting age on standardized test scores using data covering all Grade 4 and Grade 8 students in Hungary. Instrumental variables estimates of the local average treatment effect suggest that children generally gain from starting school 1 year later, and the effects are much stronger in the case of students coming from low-educated families. We test the robustness of the results by allowing for heterogeneity in the age effect, distinguishing between fields of testing, using discontinuity samples and relying on alternative data. The hypothesis that delayed entry has a stronger impact on low-status children is supported by the robustness checks. The observed patterns are most probably explained by the better performance of kindergartens, as opposed to schools, in developing the skills of low-status children. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/6264 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Health Sciences |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Public Health (IPH) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Gesundheit |
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Altwicker-Hámori, S., & Köllő, J. (2012). Whose children gain from starting school later? – evidence from Hungary. Educational Research and Evaluation, 18(5), 459–488. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2012.695142
Altwicker-Hámori, S. and Köllő, J. (2012) ‘Whose children gain from starting school later? – evidence from Hungary’, Educational Research and Evaluation, 18(5), pp. 459–488. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2012.695142.
S. Altwicker-Hámori and J. Köllő, “Whose children gain from starting school later? – evidence from Hungary,” Educational Research and Evaluation, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 459–488, 2012, doi: 10.1080/13803611.2012.695142.
ALTWICKER-HÁMORI, Szilvia und János KÖLLŐ, 2012. Whose children gain from starting school later? – evidence from Hungary. Educational Research and Evaluation. 2012. Bd. 18, Nr. 5, S. 459–488. DOI 10.1080/13803611.2012.695142
Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia, and János Köllő. 2012. “Whose Children Gain from Starting School Later? – Evidence from Hungary.” Educational Research and Evaluation 18 (5): 459–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2012.695142.
Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia, and János Köllő. “Whose Children Gain from Starting School Later? – Evidence from Hungary.” Educational Research and Evaluation, vol. 18, no. 5, 2012, pp. 459–88, https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2012.695142.
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