TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Makepeace, Gerry
AU  - Pal, Sarmistha
        TI  - Understanding the Effects of Siblings on Child Mortality: Evidence from India
        PY  - 2006/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2390
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2390
        AB  - Given the intrinsically sequential nature of child birth, timing of a child’s birth has consequences not only for itself, but also for its older and younger siblings. The paper argues that prior and posterior spacing between consecutive siblings are thus important measures of intensity of sibling competition for limited parental resources. While the available estimates of child mortality tend to ignore the endogeneity of sibling composition, we use a correlated recursive model of prior and posterior spacing and child mortality to correct it. There is evidence that uncorrected estimates underestimate the effects of prior and posterior spacing on child mortality.
        KW  - endogeneity bias
KW  - birth spacing
KW  - sibling rivalry
        ER  -