Setting a good example? Examining sibling spillovers in education achievement using a regression discontinuity design

Krzysztof Karbownik and Umut Özek

No 7531, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We identify externalities in human capital production function arising from sibling spillovers. Using regression discontinuity design generated by school-entry cutoffs and school records from one district in Florida, we find positive spillover effects from an older to a younger child in less affluent families and negative spillover effects from a younger to an older child in more affluent families. These results are consistent with direct spillovers dominating in economically disadvantaged families and with parental reinforcement in more affluent families.

Keywords: sibling spillovers; household dynamics; school starting age; regression discontinuity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 I20 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Working Paper: Setting a Good Example? Examining Sibling Spillovers in Educational Achievement Using a Regression Discontinuity Design (2021)
Working Paper: Setting a Good Example? Examining Sibling Spillovers in Educational Achievement Using a Regression Discontinuity Design (2019)
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