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Asha Shepard – Education Economics, 2024
A large literature documents that there are significant academic and non-academic differences between the youngest and oldest students in a school cohort. This paper investigates if being the youngest in a cohort has any impact on an individual's propensity to commit crime by utilizing a data set that contains over 4 million arrest records…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, School Entrance Age, Crime
Xiao Liu; Chuanyi Guo; Han Yu – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Understanding the factors that influence student outcomes is crucial for both parents and schools when designing effective educational strategies. This paper explores the impact of peer age on both cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes using a randomized sample of middle school students. By analyzing how exogenous variations in peer age affect…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Outcomes of Education