Sibling spillover effects in school achievement

Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe

Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of York

Abstract: This paper provides empirical evidence on direct sibling spillover effects in school achievement using English administrative data. We extend previous strategies to identify peer effects by exploiting the variation in school test scores across three subjects observed at ages 11 and 16 as well as variation in the composition of school mates between siblings. We find a statistically significant positive spillover effect from the older sibling to the younger but not vice versa. Spillover effects from high achieving older siblings are larger than from low achieving ones, but this relationship is weaker for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Keywords: Family effects; peer effects; social interaction; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I22 I24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-01
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