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Previous studies have found that firstborn children enjoy a distinct advantage over their later- born counterparts in terms of educational attainment. This paper advances the state of knowledge in this area in two ways. First, it analyses the role of young peoples aspirations, estimating the...
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different analytical strategies by comparing siblings with different birth-order positions (i) within the same family (within-family … design) and (ii) between different families (between-family design). In our analyses, we confirmed the expected birth …
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affected by family structure, such as the number of siblings and birth order where individuals grow up. After controlling for …
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This paper examines the causal effects of family size and demographic structure on offspring's international migration … migration. The positive correlation between sibship size and migration disappears when endogeneity of family size is addressed … across children within the family. Older siblings, especially firstborn males, are more likely to migrate, while having more …
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One of the theoretical predictions relating to the family size and birth order effect on child capital is resource … household size declined. This paper investigates the child birth order and alternative family structure (i.e household) size …
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