J P Mcintosh

• Returns to Scale to Family Size--Who Gains from High Fertility

  Mahmud, S Mahmud et al.•ARTICLE•Population Studies•1980

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• Returns to scale to family size - who gains from high fertility

  Mahmud, S Mahmud et al.•ARTICLE•Population Studies•1980•Referências: 3

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  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…

• Returns to Scale to Family Size--Who Gains from High Fertility

  Mahmud, S Mahmud et al.•ARTICLE•Population Studies•1980

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• Returns to scale to family size - who gains from high fertility

  Mahmud, S Mahmud et al.•ARTICLE•Population Studies•1980•Referências: 3

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  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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