Birth order matters: The effect of family size and birth order on educational attainment

Using the British Household Panel Survey, we investigate if family size and birth order affect children's subsequent educational attainment. Theory suggests a tradeoff between child quantity and "quality" and that siblings are unlikely to receive equal shares of parental resources dev...

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Published in:	Journal of population economics 2009-04, Vol.22 (2), p.367-397
Main Authors:	Booth, Alison L, Kee, Hiau Joo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Academic achievement Attainment Bildungsniveau Bildungsverhalten Birth order Ceteris paribus Child growth Childbirth Children Children & youth Correlation analysis Demography Economic theory Economics Economics and Finance Education Educational attainment Educational resources Familie Familiensoziologie Families & family life Family Family income Family size Großbritannien Hypotheses Kind Labor Economics Mothers Original Paper Panel data Parent-child relations Parents Parents & parenting Population Economics Schätzung Siblings Social Policy Specification Studies United Kingdom Variables
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