Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62521 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6825
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Higher birth order positions are often associated with poorer outcomes, possibly due to fewer resources received within the household. Using a sample of PSID-CDS children, we investigate whether the birth order effects in their outcomes are due to unequal allocation of the particular resource represented by maternal quality time. OLS regressions show that the negative birth order effects on various test scores are only slightly diminished when maternal time is included among the regressors. This result is confirmed when we account for unobserved heterogeneity at the household level, exploiting the presence of siblings in the data. Our evidence therefore suggests that birth order effects are not due to differences in maternal quality time received.
Subjects: 
birth order
achievement production
time use
JEL: 
D13
J12
J13
J22
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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