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

Daniel Millimet and Le Wang

No 4078, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (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: quantile treatment effects; fertility; human capital; health; stochastic dominance; intrahousehold allocation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 D10 I12 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 pages
Date: 2009-03
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Published - published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2011, 60 (1), 155-195

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