A Björklund

AH Stevens

CT Clotfelter

D Aaronson

D Figlio

DB Downey

DS Lyle

EO Ananat

GB Dahl

H Cooper

J Rothstein

JE Rockoff

K Milligan

KS Buckles

M Fiorini

M Morgan

MC Hull

P Arcidiacono

P Carneiro

P Oreopoulos

PE Todd

R Chetty

SG Rivkin

IZA : Journal of Labor Economics


                  Abstract
                  In this paper, I use a unique dataset linking administrative school data with birth records to quantify the importance of time-varying family factors for child achievement and time use. Specifically, I take a model of academic achievement commonly used in the test score literature, and I augment it to include a family-year effect. Identification comes from the large number of sibling pairs observed in the same year. While prior literature has focused on specific shocks, such as job loss, I capture the full set of innovations that are shared across siblings in a given year. The distributions of fixed effects reveal that annual family innovations, relative to what was expected based on the previous year, are more important than teacher assignment for student achievement and also play a substantial role in the time students spend on homework, free reading, and television.
              
               
                  JEL Classification
                  I21, J13, J24
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Marie C. Hull

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The time-varying role of the family in student time use and achievement

The time-varying role of the family in student time use and achievement

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