Is there really a trade-off? Family Size and Investment in Child Quality in India
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- Azam Mehtabul & Hang Saing Chan, 2018. "Is There Really a Trade-Off? Family Size and Investment in Child Quality in India," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 18(1), pages 1-12, January.
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Keywords
Quantity-Quality trade-off; Investment; Educational Outcomes; India;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2017-09-03 (Development)
- NEP-EDU-2017-09-03 (Education)
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