Does Month of Birth Affect Speed and Quality of Transition from
School to Work?

J 2026

Does Month of Birth Affect Speed and Quality of Transition from School to Work?

BAERT, Stijn; Luca FUMARCO; Levi HALEWYCK; Eline MOENS; Alessandro VANDROMME et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Does Month of Birth Affect Speed and Quality of Transition from School to Work?

Autoři

BAERT, Stijn; Luca FUMARCO; Levi HALEWYCK; Eline MOENS a Alessandro VANDROMME

Vydání

ECONOMIST-NETHERLANDS, Dordrecht, SPRINGER, 2026, 0013-063X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50200 5.2 Economics and Business

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.300 v roce 2024

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Ano

Organizační jednotka

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Relative age; School starting age; Labour market transition

Štítky

online_first_2025

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 27. 2. 2026 15:02, Mgr. Alžběta Karolyiová

Anotace

V originále

This study estimates the impact of relative age (i.e., the difference in classmates' ages) on both the speed and quality of individuals' transition from education to the labour market, and investigates whether and how this impact passes through characteristics of students' educational careers-topics that have been largely overlooked in prior work. We use rich data pertaining to schooling and to labour market outcomes one year after graduation to conduct instrumental variables analyses. We find that a one-year increase in relative age increases the likelihood of (i) being employed then by 3.5 percentage points (baseline 91.2%), (ii) having a permanent contract by 5.1 percentage points (baseline 42.6%), and (iii) having full-time employment by 6.5 percentage points (baseline 79.5%). These relative age effects are partly mediated by intermediate outcomes such as having had a schooling delay at the age of sixteen or taking on student jobs. The final mediator is particularly notable as no earlier studies examined relative age effects on student employment.

Přiložené soubory

Does_Month_of_Birth_Affect_Speed_and_Quality_of_Transition_from_School_to_Work_fumarco_final.pdf

Citovat

BAERT, Stijn; Luca FUMARCO; Levi HALEWYCK; Eline MOENS a Alessandro VANDROMME. Does Month of Birth Affect Speed and Quality of Transition from School to Work? ECONOMIST-NETHERLANDS. Dordrecht: SPRINGER, 2026, roč. 174, č. 1, s. 1-28. ISSN 0013-063X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-025-09464-8.

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BAERT, Stijn; Luca FUMARCO; Levi HALEWYCK; Eline MOENS a Alessandro VANDROMME. Does Month of Birth Affect Speed and Quality of Transition from School to Work? \textit{ECONOMIST-NETHERLANDS}. Dordrecht: SPRINGER, 2026, roč.~174, č.~1, s.~1-28. ISSN~0013-063X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-025-09464-8.

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