Impact of Sibling Rivalry on the Nutritional Status of Children: Evidence from Matlab, Bangladesh*
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This paper examines the impact of sibling rivalry for resources on health outcomes by studying the effect of sibling composition and birth order on the height for age of children below ten years. The paper further tests whether relaxing resource constraints reduces the impact of sibling rivalry. This paper also examines sibling gender effect on the health outcomes for young boys and girls. JEL Codes: I1, J16, J18
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