Sibling Spillovers on Study Choices: Evidence from Admission Lotteries
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SeriesResearch Master Defense
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Speaker(s)Stanislav Avdeev , Stanislav Avdeev
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LocationTinbergen Institute Amsterdam, room 1.02
Amsterdam -
Date and time
August 29, 2022
12:30 - 13:30
This paper studies whether older siblings influence the study choices of younger siblings. I develop a simple theoretical model to separately identify spillover effects from shared preferences. I use Dutch random admission lotteries to medical school as a source of exogenous variation. I find that 70% of siblings’ common study choices are due to sibling spillovers, and the remaining 30% are due to common preferences. I argue that parental time and financial investment in children is likely the driving force of sibling spillovers.