Family and social networks are widely believed to influence important life decisions, but
causal identification of those effects is notoriously challenging. Using data from Chile …

This paper examines how skills are shaped by social interactions in families. We show that
older siblings causally affect younger sibling's educational choices and early career …

It is notoriously difficult to identify peer effects within the family. Using administrative data on
children from both Florida and Denmark, the paper examines the effects of having a …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects labor market outcomes and family formation.
Identification is complicated by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex …

Using a regression discontinuity design generated by school-entry cutoffs and school
records from an anonymous district in Florida, we identify externalities in human capital …

2Appendix Table C16 documents a spillover on extensive margin drug consumption in the
first year following diagnosis, but no statistically significant spillover on extensive margin …

Studies in social stratification have used siblings as a tool to learn about the
intergenerational transmission of advantage but less often have asked how siblings impact …

This paper studies the effects of the court-ordered removal of children from home on health
and crime. To isolate causal effects, I exploit quasi-random variation in judge assignment …

The identification of peer effects is challenging. There are many factors not related to social
influences that could explain correlations among peers. Peers have been shown to affect …

This paper estimates peer effects both from parents to children and from older to younger
siblings in academic fields of study in high school. Despite the importance of family peer …