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dc.contributor.authorKantarevic, Jasminen
dc.contributor.authorMechoulan, Stéphaneen
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T09:11:42Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T09:11:42Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/33423-
dc.description.abstractWhether siblings of specific birth order perform differently has been a longstanding open empirical question. We use the family tree structure of the PSID to examine two claims found in the literature: whether being early in the birth order implies a distinct educational advantage, and whether there exists, within large families, a pattern of falling then rising attainment with respect to birth order, to the point where it becomes best to be last-born. Drawing from OLS and family fixed effects estimations, we find that being first-born confers a significant educational advantage that persists when considering earnings; being last-born confers none.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x1789en
dc.subject.jelI2en
dc.subject.jelJ1en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordbirth orderen
dc.subject.keywordfamily sizeen
dc.subject.keywordeducationen
dc.subject.stwKinderen
dc.subject.stwFamilieen
dc.subject.stwBildungsverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwEthnische Gruppeen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleBirth order, educational attainment and earnings: an investigation using the PSID-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn50655726Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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