Favored child? School choice within the family

Romulo Chumacero and Ricardo Paredes ()

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Abstract: We study school choice within the family, analyzing how birth order, gender, innate talent, and family financial restrictions impact the parents´ decision to prioritize the education of one or more of the children over the rest. We find that parents, particularly from lower income homes, are more likely to select more prestigious, higher cost schools for their eldest child, male children and the most talented children. This behavior may explain part of the positive “male bias” in learning and may have a relevant impact on income distribution among family members.

Keywords: School Choice; Siblings; Chile (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 D13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-06-25
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