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Title: First Children Are Smarter--but Why?
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1. Thompson, Derek
First Children Are Smarter--but Why?
The Atlantic, October 21, 2013.
Also: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/10/first-children-are-smarter-but-why/280725/
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Atlantic Media
Keyword(s): Academic Development; Achievement; Birth Order; Family Size; Parent Supervision/Monitoring; Parent-Child Interaction; Parenting Skills/Styles

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Those born earlier perform better in school--and according to a new study, it's because of the parents. Moms and dads simply go easy on their later-born kids, according to data analyzed by economists V. Joseph Hotz and Juan Pantano, and as a result, first-born children tend to receive both the best parenting and the best grades. [News media article based on Hotz, V. Joseph and Juan Pantano. "Strategic Parenting, Birth Order and School Performance." NBER Working Paper No. 19542, National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2013 (Revised Jan 2015)]
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Thompson, Derek. "First Children Are Smarter--but Why?" The Atlantic, October 21, 2013.