Effect of Birth Order on Educational Attainment
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Authors
Frank, Avery
Issue Date
2022-04-22
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Presentation
Language
en_US
Keywords
Scholarship Sewanee 2022 , University of the South , Economics , Birth Order , Educational Attainment , Siblings , Family Dynamics
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Abstract
In 2014, 79% of parents had two or more children, and a majority of parents would agree that they want success for all of their children (Livingston 2020). Educational attainment commonly proxies for success, and birth order has been identified as a possible variable that may negatively impact a child’s educational attainment. In order to promote success for all siblings, this paper seeks to answer the following question: what is the effect of birth order on educational attainment? Utilizing the Wisconsin Longitudinal dataset, I employ a pooled cross-sectional analysis and find a significantly negative relationship (at the 1% level) where a one position increase in birth order leads to a 0.73% decrease in years of education on average. This negative relationship signals that educational and parental resources may need to be shifted in order to assist younger siblings.
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University of the South