We examine the implications of being early in the birth order, and whether a pattern exists
within large families of falling then rising attainment with respect to birth order. Unlike other …

Birth-order effects are posited by many to affect earnings and schooling. We show how such
effects can be interpreted to shift either the earnings possibility frontier for siblings or …

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such
as education and earnings, the evidence on the effects of birth order on IQ is decidedly …

Abstract Using the British Household Panel Survey, we investigate if family size and birth
order affect children's subsequent educational attainment. Theory suggests a trade-off …

Income inequality and the achievement test score gap between high-and low-income
children increased dramatically in the United States beginning in the 1970s. This article …

This article investigates the link between position in the birth order and early scholastic
ability. Using matched mother–child data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth …

We document birth order differences in cognitive and noncognitive outcomes and maternal
behavior from birth to adolescence using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 …

The idea that birth order influences intellectual development and social success has recently
been revived, despite the accumulated evidence that birth order effects are often negligible …

This paper investigates the effect of family size and birth order on educational attainment. An
instrumental variables approach is used to identify the effect of family size. Instruments for …

This paper examines the relationship between birth order and later educational outcomes in
a birth cohort of more than 1,000 New Zealand young adults studied to the age of twenty …