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Sibling spillovers in educational achievement: evidence from Tanzania
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Sibling spillovers have been increasingly documented in several domains, but the effect
of older siblings’ educational achievement on one’s academic success has received less
attention in applied research. Evidence from developing countries is particularly scarce.
I use multiyear data on national exam scores from Tanzania to estimate sibling spillover
effects from passing the PSLE, a high-stakes test that determines eligibility to enroll in
government-run secondary schools. Exploiting this discontinuity in exposure to schooling
opportunities around the passing score, I find no conclusive evidence of sibling spillovers.
This result is robust to the consideration of possible heterogeneity by sibling gender match.
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Sibling spillovers Sibling-dependency Peer effects Educational achievement