VATT Working Papers 94 Gender Specifi c Relative Age Effects in Politics and Football Janne Tukiainen Tuomas Takalo Topi Hulkkonen VATT INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH VATT WORKING PAPERS 94 Gender Specific Relative Age Effects in Politics and Football Janne Tukiainen Tuomas Takalo Topi Hulkkonen Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT Institute for Economic Research Helsinki 2017 Janne Tukiainen, Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK, and VATT Institute for Economic Research, Arkadiankatu 7, P.O. Box 1279, FI-00101,
[email protected] Tuomas Takalo, Bank of Finland, P.O. Box 160, FI-00101, and VATT Institute for Economic Research, Arkadiankatu 7, P.O. Box 1279, FI-00101,
[email protected] Topi Hulkkonen, StatFinn Ltd, Metsänneidonkuja 12, FI-02130, and University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 33, FI-00014,
[email protected] We thank Sebastian Barfort, Torun Dewan, Kristiina Huttunen, Martti Kaila, Mika Kortelainen, Klaus Kultti, Lucas Novaes, Ville Seppälä, Marko Terviö, Roope Uusitalo, Hannu Vartiainen, Stephane Wolton and seminar participants at the 7th Annual EPSA Conference, London School of Economics, the 34th Summer Seminar of the Finnish Economists, and VATT Institute for Economic Research for useful comments and discussions. ISBN 978-952-274-201-8 (PDF) ISSN 1798-0291 (PDF) Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT Institute for Economic Research Arkadiankatu 7, 00100 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, August 2017 Gender Specific Relative Age Effects in Politics and Football VATT Institute for Economic Research VATT Working Papers 94/2017 Janne Tukiainen – Tuomas Takalo – Topi Hulkkonen Abstract The existence of a relative age effect (RAE) is well documented, i.e., those born early in the calendar year perform better at school and sports.