Birth order effects on young students’ academic achievement
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.08.010
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Birth order; Student achievement;JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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