This paper models the probability of 15-year-old children missing school or being late. The paper sets out to uncover … the effects of family background and birth order on attendance. Looking at birth order effects allows one to test Sulloway …

While members of the same family are assumed to share similar mobility chances, this paper seeks to answer the … following puzzle: why do only some children of the same family attain a level of education considered to be socially desirable … ability, resource availability, and ideology. The educational attainments of children of the same family could be very diverse …

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 …

affected by family structure, such as the number of siblings and birth order where individuals grow up. After controlling for …