RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Siblings, Teachers, and Spillovers on Academic Achievement
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 0815-7347R1
DO 10.3368/jhr.52.1.0815-7347R1
A1 Javaeria A. Qureshi
YR 2017
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2017/04/03/jhr.52.1.0815-7347R1.abstract
AB This study documents sibling spillover effects on child test score achievement using administrative school records from North Carolina. While teacher experience is a known determinant of student achievement, I show that teacher experience also affects the achievement of a child’s younger siblings. In contrast, teacher experience does not have an effect on the test scores of the child’s older siblings suggesting that direct sibling effects rather than parental behavior responses are more important. These findings suggest that we are underestimating the importance of education inputs by ignoring the spillover effects on siblings.