The Impacts of Family Size on Investment in Child Quality

Using multiple births as an exogenous shift in family size, I investigate the impact of the number of children on child investment and child well-being. Using data from the 1980 US Census Five-Percent Public Use Micro Sample, 2SLS results demonstrate that parents facing a change in family size reall...

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Volume:	XLI
Main Author:	Caceres-Delpiano, Julio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Elementary Secondary Education Academic
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. 738 - 754
ORCID:	0000-0002-8668-9085
Data of publication:	20061001
ISSN:	0022-166X 1548-8004
EISSN:	1548-8004
Discipline:	Economics Business
Subjects:	Multiple births Family size Households Parents Child welfare Children Twins Mothers Childbirth Human resources Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Industrial Relations & Labor Family (Sociological Unit) Birth Order Labor Force Grade Repetition Private Schools Well Being Divorce Labor Force Nonparticipants Resource Allocation Academic Achievement Family Size Adolescents Economic aspects Family Educational aspects Health aspects United States HIGH-SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT QUANTITY CONFIGURATION BIRTH-ORDER FERTILITY
Online Access:	Fulltext
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