The early origins of birth order differences in children's outcomes and parental behavior
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 (NLSY79). As early as age one, later-born children score lower on cognitive tests than their siblings, and the gap increases...
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University of Wisconsin Press
2018
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