Mahmud
Biographic Data
| ID | 3879843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mahmud |
| FAMILY NAME | Mahmud |
| SIGNATURE | MAHMUD |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4538-4357 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Returns to Scale to Family Size--Who Gains from High Fertility
Returns to scale to family size - who gains from high fertility
In this paper the hypothesis put forward by J. C. Caldwell in a number of recent articles, including one in this journal is tested, that there are social and economic increasing returns to scale to family size. Using two village samples of household data collected in Bangladesh in 1977, it is shown that there is a statistically significant inverse correlation between adjusted consumption of rice per head and family size. This result holds true wh…
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Returns to Scale to Family Size--Who Gains from High Fertility
Returns to scale to family size - who gains from high fertility
In this paper the hypothesis put forward by J. C. Caldwell in a number of recent articles, including one in this journal is tested, that there are social and economic increasing returns to scale to family size. Using two village samples of household data collected in Bangladesh in 1977, it is shown that there is a statistically significant inverse correlation between adjusted consumption of rice per head and family size. This result holds true wh…
Demography (2 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Fertility (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Scale (ratio) (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Cartography (1 work) · Consumption (sociology) (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work)