Early Tracking and the Misfortune of Being Young

Nicole Schneeweis and Martina Zweimüller

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2014, vol. 116, issue 2, 394-428

Abstract: Recent research suggests that the relative age of a student within a grade has a causal effect on educational achievement, and that this effect fades with the duration of schooling. In this study, we estimate the causal relative-age effect on track choice in Austria, a country where students are first tracked in grade 5 (at the age of 10 years), and again in grade 9. We find a strong positive relative-age effect on track choice in grades 5–8. The age effect persists beyond grade 8 for students from less-favorable socioeconomic backgrounds and students in urban areas.

Date: 2014
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