Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62549 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6706
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper we examine the effect of birth order on human capital development in Ecuador using a large national database together with self-collected survey data. Using family fixed effects models we find significant positive birth order effects; earlier born children stay behind in their human capital development from early childhood to adolescence. Turning to potential mechanisms we find that earlier born children receive less quality time from their mothers than later born children. In addition, they are breastfed shorter. The estimated birth order effects are largest for children in their teens growing up in poor, low educated families.
Subjects: 
birth order
human capital development
parental time allocation
Ecuador
JEL: 
D1
I2
J1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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