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Am I my Brother's Keeper? Sibling Spillover Effects: The Case of Developmental Disabilities and Externalizing Behavior

Year: 2012

Type: report

Abstract: Using a sample of sibling pairs from the PSID-CDS, we examine the effects of sibling health status on early educational outcomes.We find that sibling developmental disability and externalizing behavior ar associated with reductions in math and language achievement Estimated spillovers for developmental disability are large and robust to both a rich set of family-level controls and a fixed effects analysis that exploits the availability of in-sample cousins.Our results suggest the importance of siblings in the determination of children's human capital as well as the potential for typically uncounted benefits to improving children's health through family multiplier effects

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI: 10.3386/w18279

Authors: Jason Fletcher, Nicole Hair, Barbara Wolfe

Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Yale University

Language: English

Topic: Family Dynamics and Relationships

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W1480945890

Cites: 55

Cited by: 29

Related to: 10