Laboratory

Fertility and Well-Being

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

Consequences of Sibling Group Structure

Conducted by Mikko Myrskylä; Kieron Barclay; in Collaboration with Anna Baranowska-Rataj (Umeå University, Sweden), Martin Kolk, Martin Hällsten (both: Stockholm University, Sweden), Dalton Conley (Princeton University, USA)

In this project, we consider the consequences of parental fertility quantum and timing for the structure of the sibling group and the short- and long-term consequences of these decisions for the offspring. We study aspects such as sibling group size, birth spacing, and birth order.  Detailed Description

Publications

Barclay, K. J.; Smith, K. R.:

Birth spacing and health and socioeconomic outcomes across the life course: evidence from the Utah Population Database

Demography. accepted. (2022)    

Keenan, K.; Barclay, K. J.; Goisis, A.:

Health outcomes of only children across the life course: an investigation using Swedish register data​

Population Studies. forthcoming. (2022)    

Barclay, K. J.; Lyngstad, T. H.; Conley, D.:

The production of inequalities within families and across generations: the intergenerational effects of birth order on educational attainment

European Sociological Review 37:4, 607–625. (2021)    

Barclay, K. J.; Baranowska-Rataj, A.; Kolk, M.; Ivarsson, A.:

Interpregnancy intervals and perinatal and child health in Sweden: a comparison within families and across social groups

Population Studies 74:3, 363–378. (2020)    

Keenan, K.; Barclay, K. J.; Goisis, A.:

Health outcomes of only children across the life course: an investigation using Swedish register data

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2020-004. (2020)    

Spilerman, S.; Barclay, K. J.:

Birth order pairings and romantic success

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2020-017. (2020)    

Molitoris, J.; Barclay, K. J.; Kolk, M.:

When and where birth spacing matters for child survival: an international comparison using the DHS

Demography 56:4, 1349–1370. (2019)    

Barclay, K. J.:

The birth order paradox: sibling differences in educational attainment

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 54, 56–65. (2018)    

Barclay, K. J.; Kolk, M.:

Birth intervals and health in adulthood: a comparison of siblings using Swedish register data

Demography 55:3, 929–955. (2018)    

Barclay, K. J.; Lyngstad, T. H.; Conley, D.:

The production of inequalities within families and across generations: the intergenerational effects of birth order and family size on educational attainment

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2018-002. (2018)    

Baranowska-Rataj, A.; Barclay, K. J.; Kolk, M.:

The effect of number of siblings on adult mortality: evidence from Swedish registers for cohorts born between 1938 and 1972

Population Studies 71:1, 43–63. (2017)    

Barclay, K. J.; Hällsten, M.; Myrskylä, M.:

Birth order and college major in Sweden

Social Forces 96:2, 629–660. (2017)    

Barclay, K. J.; Kolk, M.:

The long-term cognitive and socioeconomic consequences of birth intervals: a within-family sibling comparison using Swedish register data

Demography 54:2, 459–484. (2017)    

Barclay, K. J.; Myrskylä, M.; Tynelius, P.; Berglind, D.; Rasmussen, F.:

Birth order and hospitalization for alcohol and narcotics use in Sweden

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 167, 15–22. (2016)    

Barclay, K. J.; Myrskylä, M.:

Birth order and physical fitness in early adulthood: evidence from Swedish military conscription data

Social Science and Medicine 123, 141–148. (2014)