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Table 2 Descriptive statistics: selected sample

From: The effect of age at school entry on college admission and earnings: a regression-discontinuity approach

 

Born in

Born in

Difference

 

December

January

 

Large age-grade distortion

0.235

0.186

−0.049

 

(0.426)

(0.391)

(.052)

Log (score)

5.586

5.594

0.008

 

(0.196)

(0.213)

(0.026)

Log (score) for students willing to keep studying

5.601

5.603

0.001

 

(0.204)

(0.214)

(0.032)

Log (score) for students willing to study

5.634

5.616

−0.019

with small age-grade distortion

(0.206)

(0.221)

(0.037)

  1. Summary statistics for high school graduates born in January and December come from SAEB in 2001. The large age-grade distortion group comprises students older than 18.5 years. A student is “willing to keep studying” if she wants to continue studying after high school