Add to ORKGHow do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong predictor of educational attainment and future labor market success; as a result, understanding the determinants of cognitive skills can lead to a better understanding of children’s long run outcomes. This paper uses a large dataset on the male population of Norway and focuses on one family characteristic: the effect of family size on IQ. Because of the endogeneity of family size, we instrument for family size using twin births and sex composition. IV estimates using sex composition as an instrument show no negative effect of family size; however, IV estimates using twins imply that family size has a negative effect on IQ. Our results suggest ...
Periodically, fears are voiced that the intelligence level of the u.s. population is falling. Histor...
This paper analyses the effect of family size on children’s educational attainment using a new resea...
This paper analyses the effect of family size on children’s educational attainment using a new resea...
How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong p...
How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong p...
How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong p...
How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong ...
How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong ...
-This is the author's version of the article" Small Family, Smart Family? Family Size and the IQ Sc...
This paper uses Norwegian data to estimate the effect of family size on IQ scores of men. IV estimat...
How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong p...
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...
Periodically, fears are voiced that the intelligence level of the u.s. population is falling. Histor...
This paper analyses the effect of family size on children’s educational attainment using a new resea...
This paper analyses the effect of family size on children’s educational attainment using a new resea...
How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong p...
How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong p...
How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong p...
How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong ...
How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong ...
-This is the author's version of the article" Small Family, Smart Family? Family Size and the IQ Sc...
This paper uses Norwegian data to estimate the effect of family size on IQ scores of men. IV estimat...
How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong p...
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...
Periodically, fears are voiced that the intelligence level of the u.s. population is falling. Histor...
This paper analyses the effect of family size on children’s educational attainment using a new resea...
This paper analyses the effect of family size on children’s educational attainment using a new resea...