Explaining the Birth Order Effect: The Role of Prenatal and Early Childhood Investments
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birth order; early test scores; parental investment; prenatal investment; postnatal investment; early childhood investment; fetal origins hypothesis; cognitive outcomes; non-cognitive outcomes;JEL classification:
- J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
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