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The pecking order : which siblings succeed and why / Dalton Conley.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Conley, Dalton, 1969-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pantheon Books, ©2004.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Families > United States. Siblings > United States. Birth order. Successful people > United States. Equality > United States. Income distribution > United States.

Table of Contents:

Inequality starts at home: an introduction to the pecking order
Butterflies in Bialystok, meteors in Manila: the nature-nurture red herring
Love is a pie: birth order and number of siblings
Death, desertion, divorce: when bad things happen to good families
Movin' on up, movin' on out: mobility and sibling differences
Legacies and role models, fat and skin: gender dynamics in the family
Random acts of kindness (and cruelty): outside influences on sibling success
From tribes to markets: conclusions, implications, and insinuations
About the pecking order: a technical appendix.