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The Trade-off between Family Size and Child Health in Rural Bangladesh

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  • Christina Peters

    (Department of Economics, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Campus Box 77, PO Box 173362, Denver, CO 80217-3362, USA.)

  • Daniel I Rees

    (Department of Economics, University of Colorado Denver, Campus Box 181, PO Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364.)

  • Rey Hernández-Julián

    (Department of Economics, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Campus Box 77, PO Box 173362, Denver, CO 80217-3362, USA.)

Abstract

Most of the work testing the quantity–quality model has concentrated on the trade-off between family size and educational attainment. We argue that child health is a plausible measure of child quality that has not been fully explored in the empirical literature. Using data from the Matlab Health and Socioeconomic Survey, we estimate the effect of family size on child mortality and several measures of child health. Our results suggest that even in rural Bangladesh there is little evidence of a trade-off between child quantity and health.

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  • Christina Peters & Daniel I Rees & Rey Hernández-Julián, 2013. "The Trade-off between Family Size and Child Health in Rural Bangladesh," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 40(1), pages 71-95, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:easeco:v:40:y:2013:i:1:p:71-95
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    1. Adriana D. Kugler & Santosh Kumar, 2017. "Preference for Boys, Family Size, and Educational Attainment in India," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 54(3), pages 835-859, June.
    2. Laura M. ARGYS & Susan L. AVERETT, 2019. "The Effect of Family Size on Education: New Evidence from China's One-Child Policy," JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 85(1), pages 21-42, March.
    3. Tabetando, Rayner, 2016. "Impact of malaria control on infant mortality in Senegal," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 1(C), pages 26-32.

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