causal effect of family size on children's education. Following common practice, a linear IV estimator has been used …, assuming constant marginal effects of additional children across family sizes. We find that the conclusion of no effect of … family size is an artifact of the linear specification, which masks substantial marginal family size effects. -- Instrumental …

sign of the marginal effects of additional siblings on children’s outcomes, our empirical model allows for an unrestricted … 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 …

limitations. We investigate this issue for Italy - even in the absence of Census data relating family of origin to children …Human capital investments at an early age appear crucial for individual outcomes. Family size might affect these … investments influencing parental time and economic resources invested in children's education. This aspect is related to the …

causal effect of family size on children's education. Following common practice, a linear IV estimator has been used …, assuming constant marginal effects of additional children across family sizes. We find that the conclusion of no effect of … family size is an artifact of the linear specification, which masks substantial marginal family size effects. …

impacts on women's labour supply, or on investments in children. Using data for developing countries and the United States, we …

impacts on women's labour supply, or on investments in children. Using data for developing countries and the United States, we …

in East Germany, the disadvantage for later born children increased. The result for East Germany is surprising because …, during the period of the analysis, the care and education of preschool children was more and more shifted from parents to … state run institutions, where the treatment of children should have been independent of birth order. -- birth order …

We document the educational integration of immigrant children with a focus on the link between family size and … groups. First, for immigrant adolescents, we show family-size adjusted convergence to almost native levels of higher … associated with higher educational outcomes for immigrant children, possibly through a quantity-quality trade-off. Third, we show …

We document the educational integration of immigrant children with a focus on the link between family size and … groups. First, for immigrant adolescents, we show family-size adjusted convergence to almost native levels of higher … associated with higher educational outcomes for immigrant children, possibly through a quantity-quality trade-off. Third, we show …

's cognitive and educational attainment is not obvious: on the one hand, children may benefit from higher levels of family income …, especially those of mothers with young children. This trend has triggered an intense debate about its implications for children …'s well-being and long-term educational outcomes. The overall effect of maternal and paternal employment on children …