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its total fertility rate. At the household level, it has also been well documented that children's education is negatively …At the national level, it has long been observed that a country's average education level is negatively associated with … children and the average education level (the quantity-quality trade-off)? A clear answer to this question will help both …
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fertility. In a framework where families face a trade-off between the quantity and quality of children, we incorporate the …, resulting in higher fertility. …
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Son preference is common in many Asian countries. Though a growing body of literature examines the drivers and socioeconomic impacts of phenomenon in case of China and India, work on other Asian countries is scarce. This study uses nationally representative survey of over 13 thousand households...
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Son preference is common in many Asian countries. Though a growing body of literature examines the drivers and socioeconomic impacts of phenomenon in case of China and India, work on other Asian countries is scarce. This study uses nationally representative survey of over 13 thousand households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011864191
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany experienced an unprecedented temporary drop in fertility driven by …
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school entry cut-off give birth at higher age, but total fertility and earnings are unaffected. Being born after the cut …
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Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for … with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the …
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We explore the effect of female autonomy on individual fertility in Nepal. We find that families where wives have high …
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Although the theoretical trade-off between the quantity and quality of children is well-established, empirical evidence supporting such a causal relationship - particularly on child health - is limited. We use two measures of child health to asses the quantity-quality trade-off across the entire...
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short-run. -- Intrahousehold allocation ; health ; human capital ; fertility ; quantile treatment effects ; stochastic …
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