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Most studies of U.S. education borrowing constraints are based on an individual male household member and find that they have little effect on educational attainment. We argue that the correct unit of analysis is the attainment of all sibling intrahousehold resource rivals. We use the male college attendance return shock associated with Vietnam War conscription risk as a quasi-natural experiment. In credit-constrained households, scarce education resources should shift toward at-risk males and manifest in lower attainment by resource rival sisters. We find significantly lower attendance among rival sisters. Our findings cast doubt on assertions that borrowing constraints do not affect attainment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on Charm, a new June-bearing strawberry cultivar. The cultivar comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) breeding program in Corvallis, Oregon. Information is also presented on the performance of the cultivar, including yield, fruit weight and percent fruit rot.