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Impact of Sibship Size, Birth Order and Sex Composition on School Enrolment in Urban TurkeyMeltem Dayioğluaffiliation not provided to SSRN Murat KirdarMiddle East Technical University (METU) - Department of Economics Aysit TanselMiddle East Technical University (METU) - Department of Economics; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); Economic Research Forum (ERF) 0000 Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 71, Issue 3, pp. 399-426, June 2009 Abstract: This paper investigates, in a unified framework, the effects of sibship size, birth order and sibling sex composition on children's school enrolment in urban Turkey. We utilize an instrumental variable estimation method to address parents' joint fertility and schooling decisions using twin births as instruments. We find no causal impact of sibship size on school enrolment. However, there is evidence for a parabolic impact of birth order where middle-born children fare worse. Sex composition of siblings matters only for female children. Our finding that birth order and sibling sex composition matter more for poorer households suggests that scarce financial resources play an important role in bringing about the sibling composition effects.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 28 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: April 27, 2009Suggested CitationContact Information
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