This paper investigates intrafamily spillovers from the focal child’s timing of school start. We first show how school starting age affects the timing of subsequent educational transitions. Exploiting quasi-random variation in school starting age induced by date of birth, we then document effects on parental outcomes. At child age seven, for example, being one year older at school start increases maternal employment by four percentage points. At child age 15, it increases the likelihood that parents still cohabit by eight percentage points. Our results also indicate that later school start for the focal child improves older siblings’ academic performance.

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入学年龄对家庭的影响

本文研究了焦点儿童入学时间的家庭内部溢出效应。我们首先展示了入学年龄如何影响后续教育转变的时间。利用出生日期引起的入学年龄的准随机变化，然后我们记录了对父母结果的影响。例如，在孩子 7 岁时，入学时比他们大一岁，母亲的就业率会增加 4 个百分点。在孩子 15 岁时，父母仍然同居的可能性增加了 8 个百分点。我们的结果还表明，焦点儿童的晚入学可以提高哥哥姐姐的学业成绩。