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  • Title: An econometric analysis of fertility, child schooling and labour force participation of women in rural Indian households.
    Author: Duraisamy P.
    Journal: J Quant Econ; 1988 Jul; 4(2):293-316. PubMed ID: 12316058.
    Abstract:
    "A household choice model, based on the new theory of consumer behaviour, is derived to analyse families' joint decisions concerning family size, investment in child schooling and labour force participation of wife. The comparative static properties of the model are examined and the theoretical predictions are empirically tested within a simultaneous equations system using rural household data [from India]. The empirical results, in general, confirm the a priori expectations of the model and also suggest that economic variables, namely wages (opportunity cost of time) and income are important in explaining the demographic and economic behaviour of the rural households."
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