The Birth Order Effect: A Modern Phenomenon?
We provide a historical perspective on the birth order effect by examining differences in adult occupational rank among brothers in 19th and early 20th century Netherlands. Using a rich historical dataset compiling administrative birth and marriage registry records linking family members, we further analyze the role of family composition and socio-economic status in modulating the birth order effect. While consistent with findings in modern developed countries, we find that later-born males hold lower-ranked occupations than their older male siblings, we also find that consistent with modern e... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
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Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / J01 / N14 / birth order / first-born / the Netherlands / historical data |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29217125 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/282577 |