TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Pruckner, Gerald J.
AU  - Schneeweis, Nicole
AU  - Schober, Thomas
AU  - Zweimüller, Martina
        TI  - Birth Order, Parental Health Investment, and Health in Childhood
        PY  - 2019/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12774
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12774
        AB  - This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between birth order, health at birth and in childhood, and parental health investment using administrative data from Austria. We find significant birth order effects on health at birth and in primary school. These effects are positive, in that later-born siblings are healthier than the first-born child, and increase with birth order. Consequently, first-born children are more likely to consume medical drugs and to utilize medical services. We also find differences in parental health investment. First-born children are more likely to receive preventive medical care and immunization against measles, mumps, and rubella. 
        KW  - health care utilization
KW  - health in childhood
KW  - health at birth
KW  - parental health behavior
KW  - parental health investment
KW  - birth order
KW  - vaccinations
        ER  -