The Impacts of Family Size on Investment in Child Quality

Autor/in	Caceres-Delpiano, Julio
Titel	The Impacts of Family Size on Investment in Child Quality
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 41 (2006) 4, S.738-754 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Private Schools; Labor Force Nonparticipants; Grade Repetition; Family Size; Well Being; Family (Sociological Unit); Twins; Birth Order; Academic Achievement; Children; Adolescents; Divorce; Resource Allocation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private school; Privatschule; Repeat a school year; Repeating; Sitzen bleiben; Sitzenbleiben; Familiengröße; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Familie; Twin; Zwilling; Geburtenfolge; Schulleistung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ehescheidung; Ressourcenallokation
Abstract	Using multiple births as an exogenous shift in family size, I investigate the impact of the number of children on child investment and child well-being. Using data from the 1980 US Census Five-Percent Public Use Micro Sample, 2SLS results demonstrate that parents facing a change in family size reallocate resources in a way consistent with Becker's Quantity & Quality model. A larger family generated by twins in a later birth reduces the likelihood that older children attend private school, reduces the mother's labor force participation, and increases the likelihood that parents divorce. The impact of family size on a measure of child outcome, such as grade retention, is less clear. The results indicate that for both measures of child investment and child well-being, the 2SLS estimates are statistically distinguishable from OLS estimates, indicating an omitted variables bias in the single equation model. (Contains 7 tables and 13 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10