Delayed school entry and academic performance: A natural experiment

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 652-659

  Jaekel, Julia ^a   Strauss, Vicky Yu Chun ^b   Johnson, Samantha ^c   Gilmore, Camilla ^d   Wolke, Dieter ^e  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; READING; SCHOOL ADMISSION; WRITING;

EID: 84930765573     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12713     Document Type: Article

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