Higher birth order positions are associated with poorer outcomes due to smaller shares of resources received within the household. Using a sample of Panel Study of Income Dynamics-Child Development Supplement children, we investigate if the negative birth order effect we find in cognitive outcomes is due to unequal allocation of mother and father time investments. Exploiting the presence of siblings in the sample, we show that birth order differences in parental time are mostly driven by between-families variation rather than within-family variation. This finding suggests that birth order effects are unlikely to be driven by differences in quality time spent with either parent.

Chiara Monfardini, Sarah Grace See (2016). Birth Order and Child Cognitive Outcomes: an Exploration of the Parental Time Mechanism. EDUCATION ECONOMICS, 24(5), 481-495 [10.1080/09645292.2015.1117581].

Birth Order and Child Cognitive Outcomes: an Exploration of the Parental Time Mechanism

MONFARDINI, CHIARA;
2016

Abstract

Higher birth order positions are associated with poorer outcomes due to smaller shares of resources received within the household. Using a sample of Panel Study of Income Dynamics-Child Development Supplement children, we investigate if the negative birth order effect we find in cognitive outcomes is due to unequal allocation of mother and father time investments. Exploiting the presence of siblings in the sample, we show that birth order differences in parental time are mostly driven by between-families variation rather than within-family variation. This finding suggests that birth order effects are unlikely to be driven by differences in quality time spent with either parent.
2016
Chiara Monfardini, Sarah Grace See (2016). Birth Order and Child Cognitive Outcomes: an Exploration of the Parental Time Mechanism. EDUCATION ECONOMICS, 24(5), 481-495 [10.1080/09645292.2015.1117581].
Chiara Monfardini; Sarah Grace See
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