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Birth Order and College Major in Sweden.

Previous research on birth order has consistently shown that later-borns have lower educational attainment than first-borns; however, it is not known whether there are birth order patterns in college major. Given evidence that parents disproportionately invest in first-born children, there are likel...

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Published in:Social Forces Vol. 96; no. 2; pp. 629 - 660
Main Authors: Barclay, Kieron, Hällsten, Martin, Myrskylä, Mikko
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Dec2017
Subjects:
Sweden
Birth order
Families
Occupations
Social status
Parent-child relationships
Economics
College majors
Course selection (Education)
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