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dc.contributor.authorJakiela, Pamela
dc.contributor.authorOzier, Owen
dc.contributor.authorFernald, Lia
dc.contributor.authorKnauer, Heather
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-29T13:34:51Z
dc.date.available2020-10-29T13:34:51Z
dc.date.issued2020-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper models household investments in young children when parents and older siblings share caregiving responsibilities and when investments by older siblings contribute to young children's human capital accumulation. To test the predictions of the model, the paper estimates the impact of having one older sister (as opposed to one older brother) on early childhood development in a sample of rural Kenyan households with otherwise similar family structures. Older sibling gender is not related to household structure, subsequent birth spacing, or other observable characteristics, so the presence of an older girl (as opposed to an older boy) is treated as plausibly exogenous. Having an older sister rather than an older brother improves younger siblings' vocabulary and fine motor skills by more than 0.1 standard deviations. Viewed through the lens of the model, the empirical pattern shown here suggests that: (i) older siblings' investments in young children contribute to their human capital accumulation, and (ii) households perceive lower returns to investing in older girls than in older boys.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/384181603738785852/Big-Sisters
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9454
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34687
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9454
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectOLDER SIBLING
dc.subjectSISTER
dc.subjectGIRL POWER
dc.subjectFAMILY CARE
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE
dc.subjectPARENTAL INVESTMENT
dc.subjectNATURAL EXPERIMENT
dc.titleBig Sistersen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleBig Sisters
okr.date.disclosure2020-10-27
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/384181603738785852/Big-Sisters
okr.guid384181603738785852
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9454
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-9454
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087f143e4_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32516723
okr.identifier.reportWPS9454
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/384181603738785852/pdf/Big-Sisters.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.statistics.combined1291
okr.statistics.dr384181603738785852
okr.statistics.drstats524
okr.topicEducation::Early Childhood Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Education
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Child Labor
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group, Development Economics
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