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Bedard, Kelly; Dhuey, Elizabeth – Journal of Human Resources, 2012
During the past half-century, there has been a trend toward increasing the minimum age a child must reach before entering school in the United States. States have accomplished this by moving the school-entry cutoff date earlier in the school year. The evidence presented in this paper shows that these law changes increased human capital…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Educational Policy, Human Capital, Economic Impact