Sibling spillovers
Sandra E. Black, Sanni Breining, David N. Figlio, Jonathan Guryan, Krzysztof Karbownik, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Jeffrey Roth, Marianne Simonsen
It is notoriously difficult to identify peer effects within the family, because of the common shocks and reflection problems. We make use of a novel identification strategy and unique data in order to gain some purchase on this problem. We employ data from the universe of children born in Florida between 1994 and 2002 and in Denmark between 1990 and 2001, which we match to school and medical records. To address the identification problem, we examine the effects of having a sibling with a disability. Utilizing three-plus-child families, we employ a differences-in-differences research design which makes use of the fact that birth order influences the amount of time which a child spends in early childhood with their siblings, disabled or not. We observe consistent evidence in both locations that the second child in a family is differentially affected when the third child is disabled. We also provide evidence which suggests that the sibling spillovers are working at least in part through the relative exposure to parental time and financial resources.
Year of publication: |
February 2017
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Authors: | Black, Sandra E. ; Breining, Sanni Nørgaard ; Figlio, David N. ; Guryan, Jonathan ; Karbownik, Krzysztof ; Nielsen, Helena Skyt ; Roth, Jeffrey ; Simonsen, Marianne |
Publisher: |
Munich : CESifo, Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute |
Subject: | sibling spillovers | child care | sibling fixed effects | Soziale Gruppe | Social group | Familienstruktur | Family structure | Bildungsniveau | Educational achievement | Gesundheit | Health | Behinderte | Disabled persons | Spillover-Effekt | Spillover effect | Schätzung | Estimation | USA | United States | Dänemark | Denmark | 1990-2004 |
Saved in:
freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 32 Seiten) |
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Series: | CESifo working papers. - München : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2364-1428, ZDB-ID 2065232-X. - Vol. no. 6348 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/155590 [Handle] |
Classification: | I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare. General ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610897