This study estimates the causal effect of family size and birth order on educational attainment of individuals in the … long run. Following recent literature we use the presence of twins as an instrumental variable for family size and fixed … effects model for birth order. The results suggest that in Chile there is a negative relationship between family size and …

Among the perceived inputs in the "production" of child quality is family size; there is an extensive theoretical … literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and quality within a family. However, there is little causal … match adult children to their parents and siblings. In addition, we use exogenous variation in family size induced by the …

This paper investigates the effects of sibship size, birth order and sibling sex composition on children’s school … of sibship size on school enrollment. However, there is evidence for a parabolic impact of birth-order where middle …

stringent disciplinary environments in response to their earlier-born children's poor performance in school in order to deter … such outcomes for their later-born offspring. We provide robust empirical evidence that school performance of children in …

family, the worse their adult economic outcomes relative to their earlier-born siblings are. However, studies of birth order … within-family resources scarce. The DHS contains harmonised data and variables for all countries, providing a picture of … impact of birth order on standardised years of schooling and school attendance, exploring non-linearities in birth order …