Older and wiser? Birth order and IQ of young men

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-120

  Black, Sandra E ^a   Devereux, Paul J ^b   Salvanesz, Kjell G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth order; IQ

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; KNOWLEDGE;

NORWAY;

EID: 79952010201     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: 16127501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifq022     Document Type: Article

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