Family-Size Effects on Earnings – Definitions Matter

dc.contributor.author	Lampi, Elina
dc.contributor.author	Nordblom, Katarina
dc.date.accessioned	2009-05-20T12:02:30Z
dc.date.available	2009-05-20T12:02:30Z
dc.date.issued	2009-05-20T12:02:30Z
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/20312
dc.description.abstract	Number of siblings has previously been found to adversely affect earned income. However, we still lack understanding of whether nature or nurture drives this effect. We examine in detail the effects of having different kinds of siblings and find that the number of siblings one grew up with has a strong negative effect on earnings, while the total number of siblings as such has no significant effect. We also find that number of full-siblings has a strong effect irrespective of having grown up together. Hence, both nature and nurture play a role.	en
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	364	en
dc.subject	family size	en
dc.subject	birth order	en
dc.subject	siblings	en
dc.subject	earnings	en
dc.subject	nature	en
dc.subject	nurture	en
dc.title	Family-Size Effects on Earnings – Definitions Matter	en
dc.type	Text	en
dc.type.svep	report	en