Should States Allow Early School Enrollment? An Analysis of Individuals' Long-Term Labor Market Effects
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- Görlitz, Katja & Heß, Pascal & Tamm, Marcus, 2024. "Should states allow early school enrollment? An analysis of individuals' long-term labor market effects," Ruhr Economic Papers 1104, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
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Keywords
early enrollment policy; early school entry; wages; employment; school starting age;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2024-10-14 (Health Economics)
- NEP-INV-2024-10-14 (Investment)
- NEP-IPR-2024-10-14 (Intellectual Property Rights)
- NEP-LMA-2024-10-14 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-URE-2024-10-14 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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