Family Size and Birth Order in Chile: Using Twins as a Natural Experiment

dc.creator	Sanhueza, Claudia
dc.date	2015-04-02T23:15:25Z
dc.date	2015-04-02T23:15:25Z
dc.date	2009
dc.date.accessioned	2018-04-19T21:15:57Z
dc.date.available	2018-04-19T21:15:57Z
dc.identifier	Documentos de Investigación 234: 2009, p. 1-25
dc.identifier	http://repositorio.uahurtado.cl/handle/11242/6701
dc.identifier.uri	http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1373743
dc.description	This study estimates the causal effect of family size and birth order on educational attainment of individuals in the long run. Following recent literature we use the presence of twins as an instrumental variable for family size and fixed effects model for birth order. The results suggest that in Chile there is a negative relationship between family size and individuals’ educationa achievements. Moreover, it shows a strong significant and positive effect of being a big brother. However, in larger families there is a nonlinear effect in which middle siblings are less favored.
dc.language	en_US
dc.publisher	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
dc.subject	birth order
dc.subject	family size
dc.subject	family fixed effects
dc.subject	twins
dc.subject	natural experiments
dc.title	Family Size and Birth Order in Chile: Using Twins as a Natural Experiment
dc.type	Artículos de revistas