Ready for School? Effects on School Starters of Establishing School Psychology Offices in Norway

Martin Flatø, Bernt Bratsberg, Andreas Kotsadam, Fartein Ask Torvik, Ole Røgeberg and Camilla Stoltenberg

No 10352, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We consider long-term impacts of establishing school psychology offices in Norway, which introduced ‘maturity testing’ to advice parents and school boards on school starting age. In the early reform period, children born close to the normative age cut-off who reached school-starting age after the establishment were more likely to finish compulsory schooling late, and experienced higher earnings as adults. When offices were instead able to block delayed school entry after a legislative change, having an office in operation led to a reduction in the likelihood of late graduation for the youngest children in each cohort, and no long-term benefits.

Keywords: school psychology; maturity; school readiness; redshirting; school starting age; Norway (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I24 I26 I28 J24 N34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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