Table 3

OLS Regressions (10–15-year-old age group)

2+ Sample3+ Sample3+ Sample First-borns
BoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirls
Labor force participation
Family size0.024***0.011***0.023***0.009***0.025***0.010***
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)
Second child0.0000.003***0.0000.000
(0.002)(0.001)(0.000)(0.000)
N148,106139,214145,156138,68992,18287,556
Household chore activities
Family size0.001***0.018***0.002***0.020***0.002***0.022***
0.000(0.001)0.000(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)
Second child−0.002***−0.0020.0000.000
(0.002)(0.002)(0.000)(0.000)
N129,716133,054126,351132,32878,10682,784
Attendance
Family size−0.033***−0.026***−0.036***−0.029***−0.037***−0.031***
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)
Second child0.016***0.005***0.0000.000
(0.002)(0.002)(0.000)(0.000)
N148,106139,214145,156138,68992,18287,556
School progression
Family size−0.036***−0.036***−0.037***−0.040***−0.037***−0.039***
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)
Second child0.0000.004***0.0000.000
(0.001)(0.001)(0.000)(0.000)
N148,019139,158145,091138,64392,12487,519
Literacy
Family size−0.029***−0.020***−0.037***−0.029***−0.033***−0.025***
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)
Second child0.018***0.014***0.0000.000
(0.002)(0.002)(0.000)(0.000)
N148,106139,214145,156138,68992,18287,556

Robust standard errors in parenthesis. School Progression ≡ education/(age-6).

Sample: Children aged in ∈ [10,15] living with two adults (the mother and her husband). Control variables: Year and state dummies; head’s schooling, gender and age; mother’s schooling and age; child’s age, squared age and gender; dummy variable if the family lives in urban areas and if the family lives in metropolitan areas.