Relative Age Effect
The relative age effect is when children born in, or close to, a critical age cut-off period may have a sporting and academic advantage.
maturation-selection hypothesis
The relative age effect is when children born in, or close to, a critical age cut-off period may have a sporting and academic advantage.
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