the author and do not reflect the views of the DfES. All errors and omissions remain the authors. This paper was presented as part of the Centre for the Economics of Education seminar series on 25th February 2005. There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade off between child quantity and quality within a family. However, there is little causal evidence that speaks to this theory. Using a rich dataset on the entire population of Norway over an extended period of time, we examine the effects of family size and birth order on the educational attainment of children. While we find a negative correlation between family size and children's education, when we include indicators for birth order and/or use twin births as...
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensiv...
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensiv...
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensiv...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and q...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and q...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and q...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade-off between child quantity and ...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade-off be-tween child quantity and...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and q...
Among the perceived inputs in the "production " of child quality is family size; there is ...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade off between child quantity and ...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade off between child quantity and ...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade off between child quantity and ...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade off between child quantity and ...
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensiv...
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensiv...
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensiv...
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensiv...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and q...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and q...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and q...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade-off between child quantity and ...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade-off be-tween child quantity and...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and q...
Among the perceived inputs in the "production " of child quality is family size; there is ...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade off between child quantity and ...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade off between child quantity and ...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade off between child quantity and ...
There is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a trade off between child quantity and ...
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensiv...
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensiv...
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensiv...
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensiv...