Month of birth and cognitive effort: a laboratory study of the relative age effect among fifth graders

Radl, Jonas; Valdés, Manuel T.

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Month of birth and cognitive effort: a laboratory study of the relative age effect among fifth graders

dc.affiliation.dpto	UC3M. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales	es
dc.contributor.author	Radl, Jonas
dc.contributor.author	Valdés, Manuel T.
dc.contributor.funder	European Commission	en
dc.contributor.other		es
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-27T11:23:12Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-27T11:23:12Z
dc.date.issued	2023-01
dc.description.abstract	All around the world school entry cohorts are organized on an annual calendar, so that the age of students in the same cohort differs up to one year. It is a well-established finding that this age gap entails a consequential (dis)advantage for academic performance referred to as the relative age effect (RAE). This study contributes to a recent strand of research that has turned to investigate the RAE on non-academic outcomes such as personality traits. An experimental setup is used to assess the willingness to exert cognitive effort in a sample of 798 fifth grade students enrolled in the Spanish educational system, characterized by strict enrolment rules. After controlling for cognitive ability, we observe that older students outwork their youngest peers by two-fifths of a standard deviation, but only when rewards for performance are in place. Implications for sociological research on educational inequality and policy are discussed.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This research has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 758600).	en
dc.format.extent	25
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage	1
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage	25
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10016/36388
dc.identifier.uxxi	DT/0000002045
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/GA-758600
dc.rights	© The authors, 2023.	en
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España	*
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/	*
dc.subject.eciencia	Sociología	es
dc.subject.other	Relative age effect	en
dc.subject.other	Month of birth	en
dc.subject.other	Cognitive effort	en
dc.subject.other	Experimental design	en
dc.subject.other	Spain	en
dc.title	Month of birth and cognitive effort: a laboratory study of the relative age effect among fifth graders	en
dc.type	working paper	*
dc.type.hasVersion	SMUR	*
dspace.entity.type	Publication