How Siblings Influence Adolescents'Cognitive Abilities and Subjective Well-being?
This paper presents a comprehensive theoretical exploration of the relationship between sibling num-ber and adolescent development,and utilizes data from the 2010-2018 Chinese Family Panel Survey(CFPS)to provide micro-level evidence for identifying the impact of siblings on adolescents'cognitive ability and subjective well-being.The results indicate that having a sibling has a positive effect on adolescents'subjective well-being,which increases with age and remains stable in adulthood.Having siblings may have a negative effect on adoles-cents'cognitive ability in mathematics,but this effect is mainly seen in the young age sample and gradually disap-pears with the increase of grades and age.This paper provides information to support more effective cost-benefit ana-lyses when parents make fertility decisions,as well as policy implications for alleviating parenting anxiety,improv-ing fertility policies,and promoting sustainable population development.
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