Why Do First-Borns Perform Better? The First Years

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A myriad of studies find that later-born children have worse educational and labor market outcomes as adults than their older

First-Born Children Are Smarter

“First-born children have better thinking skills, study says” in The Guardian highlights JHR-published study that finds parenting behavior results in