Gupta, Nabanita Datta; Dubey, Amaresh - In: The journal of development studies : JDS 42 (2006) 1, pp. 110-138
proxy an exogenous increase in fertility, and is therefore a good instrument for fertility in determining poverty of rural … households. The 1993-1994 Indian Quingennial Survey data shows that even though poverty rates are comparable, 74 per cent of two …-girl families have a third child compared to 63 per cent of other families. Fertility significantly positively affects poverty when …
