Birth order matters: the effect of family size and birth order on educational attainment

By Alison L. Booth, Hiau Joo Kee. Social Science Research Network, 2009

460 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Javier G Polavieja
2. L. Platt
3. J. Härkönen

In Safety Research

1. Javier G Polavieja
2. L. Platt
3. J. Härkönen

In Sociology and Political Science

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2. L. Platt
3. J. Härkönen

Citations in the corpus

• Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men (2007, unknown): “Subsequent studies using data from several countries (for example, Booth and Kee, 2006) have found similar effects for education.”
• Birth Order Effects on Educational Attainment and Educational Transitions in West Germany (2014, background): “Corresponding evidence has also been found from the United Kingdom (Booth and Kee, 2009) and The Netherlands (Kalmijn and Kraaykamp, 2005).”
• Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies (2010, unknown): “Booth and Kee (2009), applying a different empirical strategy using British data, also find a significant birth-order effect with the same pattern, although lower in magnitude.”
• Saying and Doing Gender: Intergenerational Transmission of Attitudes towards the Sexual Division of Labour (2016, methodology): “12 dummy for whether there was an older sibling in the household, since birth order has been linked to differences in attainment and expectations (Booth and Kee, 2009).”