TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Haan, Monique de
AU  - Plug, Erik
AU  - Rosero, José
        TI  - Birth Order and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Ecuador
        PY  - 2012/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6706
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6706
        AB  - In this paper we examine the effect of birth order on human capital development in Ecuador using a large national database together with self-collected survey data. Using family fixed effects models we find significant positive birth order effects; earlier born children stay behind in their human capital development from early childhood to adolescence. Turning to potential mechanisms we find that earlier born children receive less quality time from their mothers than later born children. In addition, they are breastfed shorter. The estimated birth order effects are largest for children in their teens growing up in poor, low educated families.
        KW  - Ecuador
KW  - human capital development
KW  - parental time allocation
KW  - birth order
        ER  -