Saturday, May 2 / 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM   •   Aqua 310

Session 232:
Families and Education

Chair: Jennifer C. Lee, Indiana University
Discussant: Jessica H. Hardie, Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)

  1. The Effects of Combinations of Changes in Parental Jobs, Partnership Statuses, and Residence on Children’s Educational AttainmentJuli Simon Thomas, University of California, Los Angeles

  2. The Birth Order Paradox: Sibling Differences in Educational AttainmentKieron Barclay, Stockholm University

  3. Gender Differences in the Effect of Family Size on Education: New Evidence from China’s One Child PolicySusan L. Averett, Lafayette College ; Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado, Denver

  4. What Skills Can Buy: Transmission of Advantage through Cognitive and Noncognitive SkillsCatherine Doren, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Eric Grodsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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