Devereux, Paul J.; Black, Sandra E.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2005
of Norway over an extended period of time, we examine the effects of family size and birth order on the educational … attainment of children. We find a negative correlation between family size and children's education, but when we include … indicators for birth order or use twin births as an instrument, family size effects become negligible. In addition, higher birth …