Birth Order, Educational Attainment, and Earnings: An Investigation Using the PSID

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 studies using U.S. data, we go beyond grade for age and look at racial differences. Drawing from OLS and fixed...

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Volume:	XLI
Main Author:	Kantarevic, Jasmin Mechoulan, Stephane
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	MADISON University of Wisconsin Press 01.10.2006 UNIV WISCONSIN PRESS
published in:	The Journal of human resources Vol. XLI; no. 4; pp. 755 - 777
Data of publication:	20061001
ISSN:	0022-166X 1548-8004
EISSN:	1548-8004
Discipline:	Economics Business
Subjects:	Birth order Parents Children Mothers Older adults Missing persons Childbirth Human resources Siblings Educational attainment Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Industrial Relations & Labor Educational Attainment United Staates Higher Education High Schools Birth Order Age Differences African Americans Parent Background Racial Differences Whites Family Influence United States ACHIEVEMENT FAMILY-SIZE
Online Access:	Fulltext
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