【主讲】Stacey H. Chen (中央研究院)
【主题】The Impact OF Family Composition on Educational Achievement
【时间】2014年10月8日 (周三) 15：30-17：00
【地点】上海财经大学经济学院楼602室
【语言】英文
【摘要】Abstract Parents preferring sons tend to go on to have more children un- til one or more boys are born, and to concentrate investment in boys for a given sibsize. Therefore, having a brother may a ect child outcomes in two ways: indirectly, by decreasing sibsize, and directly, where sibsize remains constant. We develop an identi- fication strategy that allows us to separate these two e ffects. We then apply this to capture the heterogeneous e ffects of male siblings in both direct and indirect channels, using 0.8 million Taiwanese first-borns. Our empirical evidence indicates that neither e ffect is important in explaining rst-born boys' education levels. In con- trast, both e ffects for first-born girls are evident but go in opposite directions, resulting in a near-zero total e ffect which has previously been a measure of gender bias. These results o er new evidence of sibling rivalry and gender bias in family settings that has not been detected in the literature.
