DOES TRADE-OFF BETWEEN CHILD QUANTITY AND CHILD QUALITY EXIST IN MALAYSIA?

Nor Azam Abdul-Razak, Mohd Karim and Roslan Abdul-Hakim
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Nor Azam Abdul-Razak: Department of Economics and Agribusiness, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Roslan Abdul-Hakim: Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2015, vol. 60, issue 04, 1-19

Abstract: This paper analyzed whether the child quantity-quality (CQQ) trade-off is applicable in the case of Malaysia. Utilizing the instrumental variable (IV) method, our analysis produces results that are consistent with the hypothesis that the trade-off is unlikely to be applicable to Malaysia as a whole due to the generous public provision of education. However, the results show that the CQQ trade-off exists for the high-income group. Taken together, if both a larger stock of human capital and population are desired, the government should continue to provide education for its people while at the same time maintain policies that stimulate growth.

Keywords: Fertility; child quantity-quality; instrumental variable; Malaysia; J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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