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Direct linkDatar, Ashlesha – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006
The past two decades have seen a rising trend in the minimum entrance age for kindergarten in the U.S. A little-noticed, but potentially large, consequence of raising the minimum entrance age is that it imposes additional childcare costs for families whose children are forced to stay out of school for an additional year. This paper develops a…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Age Differences, Educational Policy, Child Care
