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Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children

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Becker, Gary S., Tomes, Nigel·1976·Journal of Political Economy
DOI 10.1086/260536
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This paper brings together and integrates social interactions and the special relation between quantity and quality. We are able to show that the observed quality income elasticity would be relatively high and the quantity elasticity relatively low and sometimes negative, even if the true "unobserved� income elasticities for quantity and quality were equal and of average value. Moreover, the observed quality elasticity would fall, and the observed quantity elasticity would rise, as parental income rose.

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Authors
Becker, G. S., & Tomes, N.
Venue
Journal of Political Economy
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
1976-08
Volume
84
Issue
4, Part 2
Pages
S143-S162
ISSN
  • 0022-3808 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-534X
DOI
10.1086/260536
OpenAlex
W2089530081
Cited by
1,604
References
1
FWCI
19.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
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