Could being the oldest in your age group have an impact on your earnings?

In both education and sports the youngest children in their age group are usually at a disadvantage, but could this effect last into adulthood? Image: REUTERS/Andres Stapff
Luca Fumarco
RED, Institut National de la Statistique et des études économiques, Luxembourg
Giambattista Rossi
Research student, Birkbeck College, University of London

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