Setting a good example? Examining sibling spillovers in education achievement using a regression discontinuity design
CESifo, Munich, 2019
CESifo Working Paper No. 7531
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.
Economics of Education
Behavioural Economics