A within-family analysis of birth order and intelligence using population conscription data on Swedish men

Intelligence

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 134-143

  Barclay, Kieron J ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth order; Fixed effects; Intelligence; Sweden; Within family comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939953244     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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