Is the quantity-quality trade-off a trade-off for all, none, or some?

Arbeitspapier

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 distribution. Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and controlling for the potential endogeneity of child quantity, we find evidence of a causal trade-off only for some and only in the short-run.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4078

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General ; Household Behavior: General ; Health Behavior ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
• Thema: Intrahousehold allocation ; health ; human capital ; fertility ; quantile treatment effects ; stochastic dominance ; Kinder ; Familienökonomik ; Fruchtbarkeit ; Haushaltsökonomik ; Gesundheit ; Bildungsinvestition ; Indonesien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Millimet, Daniel L. ; Wang, Le
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35626
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090330117
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ