Data and Code for: Age at School Entry and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Lesotho

There is scant evidence on the impact of school-entry age in lower-income countries. We assess the impact of school starting age on human capital development in Lesotho, exploiting an enrollment age threshold. Children who defer primary school by one year overcome initial skill deficits as they progress through school. They are more likely to stay in school, spend fewer hours on economic and household activities, and obtain substantially higher total years of schooling. In adulthood, they are more likely to have professional occupations and less likely to be married or have children as teenagers, become HIV-infected (men), and experience the death of a child (women). All individuals (all ages) in Lesotho MICS 2018; 
All children aged 5-17 in Lesotho MICS 2018;
All individuals (all ages) in the Lesotho 2006 Census (10% sample);
All women aged 15-49 in the 2004-2014 Lesotho DHS;
All men aged 15-59 in the 2004-2014 Lesotho DHS;
All grade 6 children aged 10-27 in the 2000 and 2007 Lesotho SACMEQ data;
All individuals (all ages) in the 2001 and 2011 South African Censuses;
All individuals (all ages) in the 2016 South Africa Community Survey 

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