An Empirical Investigation of the link between Quantity and Quality in the Fertility Choice

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Fareghbal Khameneh, Mohammad Amin | 2017

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 50372 (44)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Management and Economics
Advisor(s): Vesal, Mohammad; Rahmati, Mohammad Hossein
Abstract:
Weexaminetherelationshipbetweenfamilysizeandchildreneducationaloutcomes. Using a 2 percent sample of Iran Populaion Census 2011, we construct a sample of school age children. Estimation using unrestricted OLS with controls shows an inverse-U relationship between family size and educational outcomes; children educational performance improves significantly as their number increases form 1 to 2, but for families with 3 or more children, increasing the number of childern deteriorates educational outcomes
Keywords:
Family Size ; Birth Order ; Human Captial ; Fertility Decisions ; Quantity-Quality Trade-Off