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 …

family. However, there is little causal evidence that speaks to this theory. Using a rich data set on the entire population … 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 …

Norway that allows us to precisely measure birth order effects on IQ using both cross-sectional and within-family methods … explains about 3% of the within-family variance of IQ. When we control for birth endowments, the estimated birth order effects … birth order effects occur because later-born children are more affected by family breakdown. …

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 …

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 …

education in many countries across the world. In this paper, in line with some recent studies, we value school quality using …' choice to attend high schools to identify the relationship between house prices and school performance. We exploit a change … in school choice policy that took place in Oslo county in 1997, where the school authorities opened up the possibility …