We study within-family spillovers in college enrollment to show college-going behavior is transmissible between peers …. Because siblings' test scores are weakly correlated, we exploit college-specific admissions thresholds that directly affect … older but not younger siblings' college options. Older siblings' admissibility substantially increases their own four …

Family and social networks are widely believed to influence important life decisions but identifying their causal … effects is notoriously difficult. Using admissions thresholds that directly affect older but not younger siblings' college … options, we present evidence from the United States, Chile, Sweden and Croatia that older siblings' college and major choices …

We study within-family spillovers in college enrollment to show college-going behavior is transmissible between peers …. Because siblings' test scores are weakly correlated, we exploit college-specific admissions thresholds that directly affect … older but not younger siblings' college options. Older siblings' admissibility substantially increases their own four …