ERIC Number: ED595204
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Feb
Pages: 54
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Setting a Good Example? Examining Sibling Spillovers in Educational Achievement Using a Regression Discontinuity Design. Working Paper No. 217-0219-1
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Özek, Umut
National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
We identify externalities in human capital production function arising from sibling spillovers. Using regression discontinuity design generated by school-entry cutoffs and school records from one district in Florida, we find positive spillover effects from an older to a younger child in less affluent families and negative spillover effects from a younger to an older child in more affluent families. These results are consistent with direct spillovers dominating in economically disadvantaged families and with parental reinforcement in more affluent families.
Descriptors: Human Capital, Siblings, School Districts, Socioeconomic Status, Economically Disadvantaged, Birth Order, School Entrance Age, Family Income, Socioeconomic Influences, School Policy, Age Differences, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Student Characteristics, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Gender Differences
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at American Institutes for Research
Identifiers - Location: Florida
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