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标题：TamaÃ±o de Familia y Orden de Nacimiento en Chile: Usando Gemelos como Experimento Natural
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作者：Claudia Sanhueza
期刊名称：Revista de Análisis Económico (RAE)
印刷版ISSN：0716-5927
电子版ISSN：0718-8870
出版年度：2009
卷号：24
期号：2
页码：133-152
出版社：ILADES & Universidad Alberto Hurtado
摘要：This study estimates the causal effect of family size and birth order on educational attainment of individuals in the long run. Following recent literature we use the presence of twins as an instrumental variable for family size and fixed effects model for birth order. The results suggest that in Chile there is a negative relationship between family size and individuals’ educational achievements. Moreover, it shows a strong significant and positive effect of being a big brother. However, in larger families there is a nonlinear effect in which middle siblings are less favored.