Zhang, Junsen; Fei, Shulan; Wen, Yanbing - 2023
women have at least 0.43 fewer children than average- or plain-looking women when controlling for other factors. The … negative impact seems to operate by altering bargaining power within the family and the opportunity cost of having children …, but not through the quantity-quality interaction of children. For other outcomes, wives' good looks reduce the probability …