Family size and intergenerational social mobility during the fertility transition: Evidence of resource dilution from the city of Antwerp in nineteenth century Belgium
It has been argued in sociology, economics, and evolutionary anthropology that family size limitation enhances the intergenerational upward mobility chances in modernized societies. If parents have a large flock, family resources get diluted and intergenerational mobility is bound to head downwards....
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| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2011-02-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol24/14/ |