Birth Order Effects on Educational Attainment: Evidence from Lesotho

Autor/in	Moshoeshoe, Ramaele
Titel	Birth Order Effects on Educational Attainment: Evidence from Lesotho
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 27 (2019) 4, S.401-424 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Moshoeshoe, Ramaele)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
DOI	10.1080/09645292.2019.1610157
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Birth Order; Educational Attainment; Family Size; Family Income; Gender Differences; Gender Bias; Children; Adolescents; Lesotho + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Geburtenfolge; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familiengröße; Familieneinkommen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Geschlechterstereotyp; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	This paper examines the effect of birth order on educational attainment in Lesotho. Using family fixed effects models, I find robust negative birth order effects on educational attainment. These results are in sharp contrast with the evidence from many developing countries, but are consistent with that from developed countries. Further, these birth order effects are pronounced in large families, and families with first-born girls, which suggests presence of girls' education bias. Turning to potential pathways of these effects, I find that they are not propagated through family wealth, but mainly through birth-spacing. These results are robust to different sample restrictions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01