correlation of permanent earnings into family and community effects allowing for life-cycle dynamics; finding that family is the … accounts for the joint earnings dynamics of siblings and youth community peers. We are the first to decompose the sibling … most important factor influencing earnings inequality over the life cycle. Community background explains a substantial …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … with sisters obtain lower education and give birth earlier than women with brothers. Our analysis shows that the family …

between popularity and earnings. The findings suggest that families, rather than friends, may be the cause of the association …Recent evidence has suggested that popularity during high school is linked with wages during mid-life using the … effects suggest that an additional high school friendship nomination is linked to a 2% increase in earnings around age 30 …

between popularity and earnings. The findings suggest that families, rather than friends, may be the cause of the association …Recent evidence has suggested that popularity during high school is linked with wages during mid-life using the … effects suggest that an additional high school friendship nomination is linked to a 2% increase in earnings around age 30 …

We explore the relative influence of family and neighbourhood on educational attainment and how this varies by sibling … attainment; whereas the family explains at least 43%. This percentage is significantly higher for twins and for siblings of the …

Using EU-SILC data for 2005 and 2011, we compare the role of family background on labour outcomes in three EU countries … that experienced large swings in unemployment during this period. We use a multidimensional family background indicator … that avoids undesirable cohort effects. Our results suggest that family background affects employment prospects and job …