Left behind by birth month

Ingeborg Foldøy Solli

Education Economics, 2017, vol. 25, issue 4, 323-346

Abstract: Utilizing comprehensive administrative data from Norway I investigate long-term birth month effects. I demonstrate that the oldest children in class have a substantially higher GPA than their younger peers. The birth month differences are larger for low-SES children. Furthermore, I find that the youngest children in class are lagging significantly behind their older peers on the educational track, and need more time to reach the same level of earnings.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2017.1287881

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