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 …

in a family. Individuals' educational outcomes may be affected by a change in their parents' fertility decision. The …-only child. The authors try to estimate the change of educational outcomes when the only child of a family turns to the child …

We provide a theory whereby non-benevolent, self-employed households increase their expected family size to raise the … likelihood that an inside family member will be a good match at running the business. Hence, having larger family sizes raises … respondents have approximately .2 to .4 more actual and expected number of children if they are self-employed as compared to if …

A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children …