Birth Order and Education: Evidence from a Korean Cohort

Hyunkuk Cho

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Abstract: This paper estimates the effects of birth order on education. This paper is the first to control for the mother’s age at first birth. While previous studies find that earlier-born children are better off, this paper finds no effects.

Keywords: Birth order; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-03
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Published in Economics Letter 110 (2011): pp. 200-202

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