School of Economics

 Invites you to a

Microeconometrics & Public Policy seminar presented by

Chris Karbownik

(Emory University)

Birth Order in the Very Long Run

Friday, 4 August 2023

12.00pm – 1.00pm

 Seminar Room 650 – Level 6

A02 Social Sciences Building

Camperdown Campus
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

The American family experienced massive institutional, population, and economic changes between 1830s and 1920s. Using linked census data, we document how birth order effects — a proxy for familial component of the human capital production function — evolved over this time period. We find very similar birth order gaps in adult occupational outcomes, probability of being single, and fertility for individuals born in 1835-1850 and in 1905-1920. This finding points to remarkable stability of returns to household environment over an extended period of modern economic development.

For further information contact: Microeconometrics & Public Policy Seminar Coordinator
Dr Gregor Pfeifer & Dr Rebecca McKibbin

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