Pruckner, Gerald J.; Schneeweis, Nicole; Schober, Thomas; … - 2019
order, health at birth and in childhood, and parental health investment. High-quality administrative data on children born … familylevel factors. In a sample of families with two to four children, we find statistically significant and quantitatively …-born siblings are healthier than the first-born child, and increase with birth order. Consequently, first-born children are more …