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The lexicographic preference for a son: evidence from household data in Vietnam
Vu, Tien Manh - Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), … - 2012
family includes a son, parents do not consider sex composition over other decisions on family size and fertility timing. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649690
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Birth Order and Education: Evidence from a Korean Cohort
Cho, Hyunkuk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper estimates the effects of birth order on education. This paper is the first to control for the mother’s age at first birth. While previous studies find that earlier-born children are better off, this paper finds no effects.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788785
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Subjective Happiness of Lebanese College Youth in Lebanon: Factorial Structure and Invariance of the Arabic Subjective Happiness Scale
Moghnie, Lamia; Kazarian, Shahe - In: Social Indicators Research 109 (2012) 2, pp. 203-210
The present study evaluated the subjective happiness of Lebanese college youth using a multi-item rather than a single-item subjective happiness measure. An Arabic translation of the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) was administered to 273 Lebanese college youth from state- and private-run...
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Birth Order and Child Outcomes: Does Maternal Quality Time Matter?
Monfardini, Chiara; See, Sarah Grace - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Higher birth order positions are often associated with poorer outcomes, possibly due to fewer resources received within the household. Using a sample of PSID-CDS children, we investigate whether the birth order effects in their outcomes are due to unequal allocation of the particular resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010570794
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Birth order and child outcomes: does maternal quality time matter?
Monfardini, C.; See, S. G. - Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic … - 2012
Higher birth order positions are often associated with poorer outcomes, possibly due to fewer resources received within the household. Using a sample of PSID-CDS children, we investigate whether the birth order effects in their outcomes are due to unequal allocation of the particular resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010638761
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Effects of siblings and birth order on income redistribution preferences: Evidence based on Japanese General Social Survey
Yamamura, Eiji - Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI) - 2012
affected by family structure, such as the number of siblings and birth order where individuals grow up. After controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010903897
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The causal effect of parents’ schooling on children’s schooling in Europe. A new IV approach
Havari, Enkelejda; Savegnago, Marco - Centro di Studi Internazionali Sull'Economia e la … - 2014
This paper estimates the causal effect of parental education on children’s education in 13 European countries, using representative data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). A novel instrumental variable approach is used to solve the endogeneity issue. We combine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010826220
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Birth Order and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Ecuador
de Haan, Monique; Plug, Erik; Rosero, José - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
database together with self-collected survey data. Using family fixed effects models we find significant positive birth order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775588
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Explaining the Birth Order Effect: The Role of Prenatal and Early Childhood Investments
Lehmann, Jee-Yeon K.; Nuevo-Chiquero, Ana; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The critical role of prenatal and early childhood conditions on adult outcomes has been the focus of a rich body of research. In this paper, we examine various pre- and postnatal investments as possible sources behind the "birth order effect" – significant differences in the educational and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775589
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Testing the quantity–quality model of fertility: Estimation using unrestricted family size models
Mogstad, Magne; Wiswall, Matthew - In: Quantitative Economics 7 (2016) 1, pp. 157-192
relationship between family size and child outcomes. We find that the conclusion in Black, Devereux, and Salvanes (2005) of no … family size effect does not hold after relaxing their linear specification in family size. We find nonzero effects of family … instrumental variables estimation instrumenting family size with twin births. Estimation using a unrestricted specification for the …
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