Leadership at school: Does the gender of siblings matter?

We use survey data from the USA and Japan to investigate whether having leader positions at middle and high school as well as participating in sports and clubs is affected by the gender composition of siblings. We find that having only sisters at age 15 increases substantially the probability of sch...

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Volume:	120
Main Author:	Brunello, Giorgio De Paola, Maria
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	LAUSANNE Elsevier B.V 01.07.2013 ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
published in:	Economics letters Vol. 120; no. 1; pp. 61 - 64
Data of publication:	July 2013
ISSN:	0165-1765 1873-7374
EISSN:	1873-7374
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Non-cognitive skills School behaviors Siblings Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Non-cognitive skills School behaviors Siblings LABOR-MARKET OUTCOMES BEHAVIOR SKILLS SEX ABILITIES EDUCATIONAL-ATTAINMENT PARTICIPATION
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Knowledge Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2013 Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS