Rationed Fertility: Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in the Child Quantity-Quality Trade-Off
受配给约束的生育:子女数量—质量权衡中的处理效应异质性
We develop a generalized theory of rationed fertility to analyze treatment effect heterogeneity in the child quantity-quality trade-off. An exogenous increase in fertility can be either desired or undesired. We derive a positive rationing income effect on child quality for desired fertility increases but a negative rationing income effect for undesired fertility increases. We propose an econometric framework to identify treatment effects of desired and undesired fertility…