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Healthy(?), wealthy, and wise : birth order and adult health
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2015
While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores, and earnings, the evidence for effects on health is more limited. This paper uses a large dataset on the population of Norway and focuses on the effect of birth order on a range...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295586
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Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2021
More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is little large-scale evidence on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. Using a larger and more comprehensive dataset than previous work, we are able to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325019
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Small Family, Smart Family? Family Size and the IQ Scores of Young Men
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2021
Norway and focuses on one family characteristic: the effect of family size on IQ. Because of the endogeneity of family size …, we instrument for family size using twin births and sex composition. IV estimates using sex composition as an instrument … show no negative effect of family size; however, IV estimates using twins imply that family size has a negative effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316845
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Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2021
Norway and focuses on the effect of birth order and family size on IQ, an outcome not previously available in datasets of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316848
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Healthy(?), Wealthy, and Wise : Birth Order and Adult Health
Black, Sandra E. - 2015
While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores, and earnings, the evidence for effects on health is more limited. This paper uses a large dataset on the population of Norway and focuses on the effect of birth order on a range...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016313
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Does Grief Transfer across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884097
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Healthy(?), Wealthy, and Wise: Birth Order and Adult Health
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2015
While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores, and earnings, the evidence for effects on health is more limited. This paper uses a large dataset on the population of Norway and focuses on the effect of birth order on a range...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307382
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The More the Merrier? : The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2004
Among the perceived inputs in the ?production? of child quality is family size; there is an extensive theoretical … literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and quality within a family. However, there is little causal … match adult children to their parents and siblings. In addition, we use exogenous variation in family size induced by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262020
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From the cradle to the labor market? The effect of birth weight on adult outcomes
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2005
Lower birth weight babies have worse outcomes, both short-run in terms of one-year mortality rates and longer run in terms of educational attainment and earnings. However, recent research has called into question whether birth weight itself is important or whether it simply reflects other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267621
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Too young to leave the nest? The effects of school starting age
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2008
Does it matter when a child starts school? While the popular press seems to suggest it does, there is limited evidence of a long-run effect of school starting age on student outcomes. This paper uses data on the population of Norway to examine the role of school starting age on longer-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268720