Family size and child outcomes: Is there really no trade-off?

Olof Åslund and Hans Grönqvist

Labour Economics, 2010, vol. 17, issue 1, 130-139

Abstract: We study the impact of family size on intermediate and long-term outcomes using twin births as an exogenous source of variation in family size in an unusually rich dataset. Similar to recent studies, we find no evidence of a causal effect on long-term outcomes and show that not taking selection effects into account will likely overstate the effects. We do, however, find a small but significant negative impact of family size on grades in compulsory and secondary school among children who are likely to be vulnerable to further restrictions on parental investments.

Keywords: Twin; births; Family; size; Education; Earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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