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References for The quantity–quality fertility–education trade-off
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Further reading
- Becker, G. S., Lewis, H. G. "On the interaction between the quantity and quality of children" Journal of Political Economy 81:2 (1973): S279−S288.
- Schultz, P. T. "Demand for children in low-income countries" In: Rosenzweig, M., Stark, O. (eds). Handbook of Population and Family Economics. Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing, 1997.
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Key references
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Ponczek, V., Souza, A. P. "New evidence of
the causal effect of family size on child quality in a
developing country" The Journal of
Human Resources 47:1 (2012): 64–106. Key reference: [1]
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Alidou, S., Verpoorten, M. "Family size and
schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: Testing the quantity-quality
trade-off" Journal of
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Angrist, J., Lavy, V., Schlosser, A. "Multiple
experiments for the causal link between the quantity and quality
of children" Journal of Labor
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Black, S. E., Devereux, P. J., Salvanes, K. G. "The more the
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Fitzsimons, E., Malde, B. "Empirically
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Liu, H. "The
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Qin, X., Zhuang, C. C., Yang, R. "Does the one-child
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Black, S. E., Devereux, P. J., Salvanes, K. G. "Small family,
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Ponczek, V., Souza, A. P. "New evidence of
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developing country" The Journal of
Human Resources 47:1 (2012): 64–106.
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Additional References
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