Table 6

First-Stage Regressions (18–20-year-old age group)

Dependent Variable: # of children in the family
2+ Sample3+ Sample3+Sample (First-Borns)
BoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirls
Presence of twins0.919***0.935***0.910***0.950***0.937***1.018***
(0.076)(0.075)(0.076)(0.071)(0.082)(0.080)
Second child0.429***0.530***
(0.024)(0.023)
F-test215.41***332.48***201.40***305.45***157.38***241.50***
N28,60938,92825,68634,82720,58528,415

Robust standard error in parenthesis.

Year and state dummies as control variables.

Sample: Individuals aged in ∈ [18,20] living with two adults (the mother and her husband).

2+ Sample: first borns with at least two births in the families.

3+ Sample: first and second borns with at least three births in the families.