Walking in your footsteps: Sibling spillovers in higher education choices |
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| Institution: | 1. Escuela de Gobierno, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile;2. New York University, United States;1. Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago;2. Urban Institute Health Policy Center;1. University of Mannheim, Department of Economics, Office 326, L7, 3-5, Mannheim, 68161, Germany;2. University of Essex, Department of Economics, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom;1. University of Wuppertal, Rainer-Gruenter-Str. 21, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany;2. University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland 4350, Australia;1. School of Public Administration, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, China;2. The West Center for Economic Research, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China;3. College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia;1. School of Public Affairs, American University;2. School of Public Affairs and IZA, Arizona State University;3. School of Public Affairs, NBER, and IZA, American University;2. ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course;3. Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |
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| Abstract: | This paper studies spillovers from older to younger siblings in higher education choices. Exploiting discontinuous admission rules generated by Chile’s centralized admission system to higher education, we identify strong sibling spillovers in the choice of college. Having an older sibling enroll in a given college increases by 42% the probability of enrolling in that institution. In contrast, we find no effect on major choices. We show evidence suggesting that sibling spillovers in college choice are mainly driven by siblings deriving benefits from attending college together. |
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