caa a22 4500 445864095 CHVBK 20180317145452.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11150-010-9115-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11150-010-9115-0 Frenette Marc Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut Why do larger families reduce parental investments in child quality, but not child quality per se? [Elektronische Daten] [Marc Frenette] Becker's Quantity-Quality model (Becker in Demographic and economic change in developed countries, Princeton University Press, Princeton, pp 209-240, 1960; Becker and Lewis in J Polit Econ 81(2): S279-S288, 1973; Becker and Tomes in J Polit Econ 84(4): S143-S162, 1976) suggests a trade-off between family size and parental investments in children. To date, only Cáceras-Delpiano (J Hum Resour 41(4): 738-754, 2006) tests this theory by considering private school enrolment. This study extends this work by using a unique data set containing a broader range of parental investments that are arguably linked to parental intentions for producing higher quality children, such as overall and non-sectarian private school enrolment, the number of computers in the home per child, and saving for the child's education. Both studies find that fertility reduces parental investments. However, the literature generally finds that fertility has no impact on child outcomes. The study offers three potential explanations for this ‘puzzle'. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Fertility nationallicence Parental investments nationallicence Child quality nationallicence Review of Economics of the Household Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/4(2011-12-01), 523-537 1569-5239 9:4<523 2011 9 11150 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-010-9115-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-010-9115-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Frenette Marc Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Review of Economics of the Household Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/4(2011-12-01), 523-537 1569-5239 9:4<523 2011 9 11150 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer