Birth order and the decline in college completion among the baby boom generation
研究发现，美国婴儿潮期间出生顺序的变化可以解释1946-1974年出生队列大学完成率下降和回升的相当一部分，其中对白人男性1946-60年队列下降的解释力约为20%，对1960-74年队列回升的解释力约为三分之一。
Abstract We show that changes in birth order during the U.S. baby boom can explain a substantial share of the decline and recovery in college completion among cohorts born between 1946 and 1974. Combining birth order effects estimated using the Health and Retirement Survey and birth order data from Vital Statistics, we estimate that changes in birth order can explain about 20% of the decline in white male college completion rates among the 1946–60 cohorts, and about one third of the rebound among the 1960–74 cohorts.