Birth order and educational attainment: Evidence from fully adopted sibling groups

Intelligence

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 109-122

  Barclay, Kieron J ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adopted sibling groups; Birth order; Educational attainment; Fixed effects; Within family comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911895724     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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