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The drivers of month-of-birth differences in children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills

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Crawford, Claire, Dearden, Lorraine and Greaves, Ellen (Ellen J.) (2014) The drivers of month-of-birth differences in children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society) , Volume 177 (Number 4). pp. 829-860. doi:10.1111/rssa.12071

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Abstract

Previous research has found that children who are born later in the academic year have lower educational attainment, on average, than children who are born earlier in the year, especially at younger ages; much less is known about the mechanisms that drive this inequality. The paper uses two complementary identification strategies to estimate an upper bound of the effect of age at test by using rich data from two UK birth cohorts. We find that differences in the age at which cognitive skills are tested accounts for the vast majority of the difference in these outcomes between children who are born at different times of the year, whereas the combined effect of the other factors (age of starting school, length of schooling and relative age) is close to zero. This suggests that applying an age adjustment to national achievement test scores may be an appropriate policy response to overcome the penalty that is associated with being born later in the academic year. Age at test does not, however, explain all of the difference in children's view of their own scholastic competence. Age adjusting national achievement test scores may help to overcome differences in ability beliefs between children who are born at different times of the year, but our results suggest that additional policy responses may be required.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Educational tests and measurements
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0964-1998
Official Date: October 2014
Dates:
DateEvent
October 2014Published
15 July 2014Available
December 2012Submitted
Volume: Volume 177
Number: Number 4
Page Range: pp. 829-860
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12071
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Funder: Nuffield Foundation (NF), Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number: EDU/36559 (NF), RES-544-28-0001 (ESRC)

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