Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/312009 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17570
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
There is a clear consensus that childhood experiences shape adult success, yet there is limited understanding of their impact on future generations. We proxy parental investments during childhood with birth order and study whether disadvantages due to lower investments are transmitted to future generations. Birth order effects on the first generation are large, apply to 80% of the population, and can be identified with relatively mild assumptions. Using cousin comparisons in Dutch administrative data, we find that around 20 percent of the income disadvantages are transmitted. Additionally, we find sizeable decreases in children's education and increases in boys' criminal behavior.
Subjects: 
intergenerational mobility
birth order
extended family
education
crime
JEL: 
D19
I24
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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