Returns to scale to family size - who gains from high fertility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4269491 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mahmud (0000-0002-4538-4357), S Mahmud (0009-0001-9240-0321), J P Mcintosh, James Mcintosh (0000-0002-1248-0262) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 500-506 |
| Publication date | 1980-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00324728.1980.10410458 |
| PMID | 22077171 |
| OpenAlex | W2027040660 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
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 when age and size of landholding are taken into account. From this, it is concluded that the hypothesis is not empirically supported by the data from Bangladesh. This result is partially explained by the extreme poverty of the region and the fact that women are exploited in Bangladesh society
Consumption (sociology) · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Geography · Population · Poverty · Scale (ratio) · Social science · Sociology · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1990 - 1990 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |