TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Wolter, Stefan C.
        TI  - Sibling Rivalry: A Six Country Comparison
        PY  - 2003/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 734
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp734
        AB  - In this paper we analyse with the PISA data on literacy achievement of fifteen-year-old pupils
in six member countries of the OECD, whether the fact of having many siblings affects the
individual educational outcome. The hypothesis that we test is whether parents’ resources
matter for educational outcome. If they do and parents are constraint in their budgets,
siblings will rival for the limited parental resources and thereby negatively affect educational
outcome. The hypothesis is tested by regressing the literacy achievement on the number of
siblings within a family and also by regressing directly forms of parental resources on the
family size. We find significant family size effects in all six countries analysed but we also find
significant differences in the effects between countries. Although sibling rivalry is relevant in
all countries, it seems that some countries can compensate better than others and thereby
achieve higher equity in the educational system.
        KW  - education
KW  - equity
KW  - family-size
KW  - parental background
KW  - PISA
        ER  -