Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-off a Trade-off for All, None, or Some?

Daniel L. Millimet () and Le Wang ()

No 4078, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: intrahousehold allocation; health; human capital; fertility; quantile treatment effects; stochastic dominance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 D10 I12 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009-03
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