We explore the extent to which starting primary school earlier by up to one year can help shield children from the … Australian Children, we employ a Regression Discontinuity Design based on birthday eligibility cut-offs. We find that Australian … children who have a sibling in poor health persistently lag behind other children in their cognitive development - but only for …

affluent families; time use evidence indicates that this is likely because affluent parents are more involved in their children …

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 …

two births in families with at least two children as an instrumental variable (IV) for family size. Overall, I find … evidence in support of a child QQ effect, as children in the 13-15 age cohort born into smaller families were more likely …