Empirical evidence on three assertions commonly-made by populationpolicy advocates about the relationships among population growth, humancapital formation and economic development is discussed and evaluated inthe light of economic-biological models of household behavior and of itsrelevance to...

In this paper, we describe and utilize methods to estimate theconsequences for children's schooling and birthweight of the exogenousvariability in the supply of births in one low income country, Malaysia. Themethod utilizes information on contraceptive techniques employed by couples toestimate...

In this paper we assess the importance of heterogeneity and selectivefertility in altering estimates and interpretations of the determinants ofthe human capital of children. We set out a sequential model of humancapital investments in children incorporating endogenous fertility andheterogeneity...