We provide new evidence about language assimilation and its effect on test scores using data from two rounds (conducted …-born children of immigrants were asked to take Woodcock-Johnson achievement test. In both rounds, prior to the administration of … tests, children of Hispanic origin were randomly assigned to take the tests either in Spanish or in English. Therefore, we …

children and depend on neonatal health. Moreover, the large average effects documented in past work for close to normal birth … weight children from low-income families are driven by a minority of children in this group. …

We find a strong positive sibling spillover effect in two-children households in rural China, as measured by an … strongest when both children are daughters. However, the son-preference culture emphasized in certain regions negatively offsets …

We investigate the effect of having opposite sex siblings on cognitive and noncognitive skills of children in the … covariates, the sibling sex composition of the two firstborn children in a family is arguably exogenous. With regard to cognitive …