Setting a Good Example? Examining Sibling Spillovers in Educational Achievement Using a Regression Discontinuity Design

Krzysztof Karbownik and Umut Özek

Journal of Human Resources, 2023, vol. 58, issue 5, 1567-1607

Abstract: Using a regression discontinuity design generated by school-entry cutoffs and school records from an anonymous district in Florida, we identify externalities in human capital production function arising from sibling spillovers. 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 provide empirical evidence that educational policies could create both positive and negative within-family externalities depending on the characteristics of the affected households.

JEL-codes: D13 I20 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.5.0220-10740R1
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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 education achievement using a regression discontinuity design (2019)
Working Paper: Setting a Good Example? Examining Sibling Spillovers in Educational Achievement Using a Regression Discontinuity Design (2019)
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