We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, childrenś gender affects not only the … outcomes of other children but also the very existence of potential additional children. We address this problem by looking at …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the … outcomes of other children but also the very existence of potential additional children. We address this problem by looking at …

on adult children's labor market outcomes and the underlying mechanisms. In this paper, we use Danish administrative data … to examine the effects of losing a parent on individual labor market outcomes and its contribution to gender earnings … family support channels. Our findings reveal enduring negative effects on the earnings of both adult sons and daughters: sons …