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A longstanding question in the economics of the family is the relationship between sibship size and subsequent human capital formation and economic welfare. If there is a causal "quantity-quality tradeoff," then policies that discourage large families should lead to increased human capital,...
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be responsible for poor health and low levels of schooling among the children of young mothers. This paper uses special … mothers are much more likely to repeat one or more grades than other children, and within-household estimates of this … the effect of maternal age and single parenthood on children's disability status and school progress. Our results suggest …
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be responsible for poor health and low levels of schooling among the children of young mothers. This paper uses special … mothers are much more likely to repeat one or more grades than other children, and within-household estimates of this … the effect of maternal age and single parenthood on children's disability status and school progress. Our results suggest …
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A longstanding question in the economics of the family is the relationship between sibship size and subsequent human capital formation and economic welfare. If there is a "quantity-quality trade-off," then policies that discourage large families should lead to increased human capital, higher...
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