Sibling spillover effects in school achievement

TY - JOUR

T1 - Sibling spillover effects in school achievement

AU - Nicoletti, Cheti

AU - Rabe, Birgitta

N1 - © 2018 The Authors

PY - 2019/6/1

Y1 - 2019/6/1

N2 - This paper provides empirical evidence on sibling spillover effects in school achievement using administrative data on 230,000 siblings in England. We extend previous strategies to identify peer effects by exploiting the variation in school test scores across subjects observed at ages 11 and 16 as well as variation in peer quality between siblings. We find a statistically significant positive spillover effect from the older to the younger sibling. Sibling spillovers account for a non-negligible proportion of the attainment gap between low- and higher income pupils in England.

AB - This paper provides empirical evidence on sibling spillover effects in school achievement using administrative data on 230,000 siblings in England. We extend previous strategies to identify peer effects by exploiting the variation in school test scores across subjects observed at ages 11 and 16 as well as variation in peer quality between siblings. We find a statistically significant positive spillover effect from the older to the younger sibling. Sibling spillovers account for a non-negligible proportion of the attainment gap between low- and higher income pupils in England.

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U2 - 10.1002/jae.2674

DO - 10.1002/jae.2674

M3 - Article

SN - 0883-7252

VL - 34

SP - 482

EP - 501

JO - Journal of Applied Econometrics

JF - Journal of Applied Econometrics

IS - 4

ER -