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- From: stcmille@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Stephen C. Miller)
- Subject: Re: Questions about the Economics of the Family
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:26:55 GMT
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- In article <3852@key.COM> rburns@key.COM (Randy Burns) writes:
- >One of the results of modern economic inquiry has been the evidence
- >that family size tends to decrease as family income increases(at least
- >up to some income point which is fairly high).
- >
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- (eg: children become objects of consumption and not investment)
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- >
- >Something that has troubled me a bit about this analysis: the studies I
- >seen do not take into account the growing tendency for wealthier men in
- >America to get married multiple times. My current sense is that wealth
- >tends to have a positive effect on men's fertility and a negative effect
- >on women's fertility.
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- Nice idea.
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- >
- >Does anyone have any references to some good studies that they could share
- >on this area?
- >
- I know that it is often remarked that men generally have a higher
- desired fertility than women - chekc the World Fertility Survey data or
- DHS survey data for confirmation of this.
-
- Perhaps Becker has addressed this question? In general it is a question
- that sociologists or even economists would tend to address before
- anthropologists.
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- (former grad star turned rock student)
- Steve Miller stcmille@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
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