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How Going to School Affects the Family

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  • Rasmus Landersø

    (Rockwool Foundation Research Unit, Denmark)

  • Helena Skyt Nielsen

    (Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, Denmark)

  • Marianne Simonsen

    (Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, Denmark)

Abstract

This paper investigates intra-family spillovers from the timing of school start on outcomes for the entire family. We first document how the timing of a child’s school start affects the timing of all subsequent transitions between tiers in the educational system. Exploiting quasi-random variation in school starting age induced by date of birth, we find that the timing of these transitions affect parental outcomes. At child age seven, for example, being one year older at school start increases maternal employment with four percentage points. At child age 15, similarly, being one year older at school start increases the likelihood the parents still cohabit or continue to be married with eight percentage points. Our results also indicate that focal child age at school start improves older siblings’ academic performance.

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  • Rasmus Landersø & Helena Skyt Nielsen & Marianne Simonsen, 2017. "How Going to School Affects the Family," Economics Working Papers 2017-01, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University.
    • Handle: RePEc:aah:aarhec:2017-01
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    Keywords

    marital capital; marital dissolution; educational transition; regression discontinuity; spillover effects;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure

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