Marc Klemp|Jacob Weisdorf
The Child Quantity-Quality Trade-Off During the Industrial Revolution in England
take gary beckers child quantityquality tradeoff hypothesis historical record investigating causal link family size literacy status offspring using data anglican parish registers c 17001830 extraordinarily historical data parish records enable us control parental literacy longevity social class well sex birth order offspring world without modern contraception among couples whose children prenuptially conceived able explore novel source exogenous variation family size marital fecundability measured time interval marriage first birth consistent previous findings among historical populations document large significantly negative effect family size childrens literacy