An emerging question in demographic economics is whether there is a link between family size and the geographic … configurations of family size and sibship influence patterns of child-parent proximity is vitally important, as it impacts on issues …. However, when we use multiple births and sibship sex composition as instruments for family size, we do not find any evidence …

causal effect of family size on children's education. Following common practice, a linear IV estimator has been used …, assuming constant marginal effects of additional children across family sizes. We find that the conclusion of no effect of … family size is an artifact of the linear specification, which masks substantial marginal family size effects. -- Instrumental …

Past estimates of the effect of family income on child development have often been plagued by endogeneity and … (EITC) over the last two decades. The largest of these changes increased family income by as much as 20%, or approximately … disadvantaged families and are robust to a variety of alternative specifications. -- family income ; poverty ; educational …

older siblings suggest that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family members. -- childcare ; labor … supply ; cognitive skills ; family policy ; Germany …

inequality in family environments. Schools do little to reduce or enlarge the gaps in skills that are present when children enter …

personal and family characteristics, and between child mental health and educational progress. Our contribution is to use … progress. Maternal education and mental health, family income, and major adverse life events, are all significant in explaining …

We analyze the tradeoff between child quantity and quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family … size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in … the effect of family size. We also exploit the fact that older mothers were less likely to become pregnant during the ban …

children's reports of family or home characteristics rather than information provided by their parents. There is a well …'s occupation, parental education, and the number of books in the family home. Our results suggest that children's reports of their …