What makes a large family more prone to poverty? Why is the poverty incidence invariably higher among households with larger family sizes? This Notes examines three mechanisms that provide answers to these questions, namely, (a) impact of the number of children on the labor force participation and incomes of parents; (b)education of children; and (c) household savings. Read more...
The More the Poorer: Why Large Family Size Causes Poverty
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