This paper examines the causal effects of family size and demographic structure on offspring's international migration … migration. The positive correlation between sibship size and migration disappears when endogeneity of family size is addressed … across children within the family. Older siblings, especially firstborn males, are more likely to migrate, while having more …

One of the theoretical predictions relating to the family size and birth order effect on child capital is resource … household size declined. This paper investigates the child birth order and alternative family structure (i.e household) size …