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Sibling Rivalry: A Six Country Comparison

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dc.creator Wolter, Stefan C.
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:10:33Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:10:33Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20447
dc.identifier ppn:36202555X
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20447
dc.description In this paper we analyse with the PISA data on literacy achievement of fifteen-year-old pupils in six member countries of the OECD, whether the fact of having many siblings affects the individual educational outcome. The hypothesis that we test is whether parents? resources matter for educational outcome. If they do and parents are constraint in their budgets, siblings will rival for the limited parental resources and thereby negatively affect educational outcome. The hypothesis is tested by regressing the literacy achievement on the number of siblings within a family and also by regressing directly forms of parental resources on the family size. We find significant family size effects in all six countries analysed but we also find significant differences in the effects between countries. Although sibling rivalry is relevant in all countries, it seems that some countries can compensate better than others and thereby achieve higher equity in the educational system.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 734
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject I2
dc.subject J2
dc.subject D1
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject education
dc.subject equity
dc.subject parental background
dc.subject family-size
dc.subject PISA
dc.subject Bildungsniveau
dc.subject Familiensoziologie
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Vergleich
dc.subject Belgien
dc.subject Kanada
dc.subject Finnland
dc.subject Frankreich
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.subject Schweiz
dc.title Sibling Rivalry: A Six Country Comparison
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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