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Examining 33 indicators of well-being from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we conclude that stepchildren ’ s inferior out-comes are not entirely explained by sample selection. Using sibling com-parisons to control for unobserved family characteristics, we identify step-parent effects by comparing half-siblings in families in which one child
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