Poverty and Household Size
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9719340 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Lanjouw (0000-0002-4150-7890, World Bank), Martin Ravallion (0000-0002-5572-4183, World Bank) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 433 |
| Pages | 1415 |
| Publication date | 1995-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2235108 |
| OpenAlex | W1533433189 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 145 |
| References cited | 13 |
The widely held view that larger families tend to be poorer in developing countries has influenced research and policy. The scope for size economies in consumption cautions against this view. The authors find that the correlation between poverty and size vanishes in Pakistan when the size elasticity of the cost of living is about 0-6. This turns out to be the elasticity implied by a modified version of the food share method of setting scales. By contrast, some measures of child nutritional status indicate an elasticity of unity. Consideration of the weight attached to child versus adult welfare may help resolve the non-robustness of demographic profiles of poverty. -Authors
Demographic economics · Developing country · Development economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Economies of scale · Economies of scope · Elasticity (physics · Income elasticity of demand · Microeconomics · Poverty · Price elasticity of demand · Public economics · Robustness (evolution · Welfare · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality
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| Unique citing works | 145 |
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| Citations per year | 4,83 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 143 |