Birth order matters: The effect of family size and birth order on educational attainment

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 367-397

  Booth, Alison L ^a,b   Kee, Hiau Joo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Econtech   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth order; Education; Family size

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449102331     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-007-0181-4     Document Type: Article

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