Comparison of Educational Performance Between the Only Children and Children in Two-child Families

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Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2022 Sep 13

PMID 36097146

Authors

Yehui Lao

Suxu Lin

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Abstract

This paper estimates the causal effect of only-child status on educational performance among junior high school students from only-child and two-child families in China. It uses the dataset of the China Education Panel Survey 2013-14. The results show that the only children's educational outcomes are significantly low than students from two-child families. Only children's willpower and extraversion are weaker than children's from two-child families. The scale economies effect is strong and the resource dilution effect is weak when sibling size is small.

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