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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Autori principali:	Jan Van Bavel, Sarah Moreels, Bart Van de Putte, Koen Matthijs
Natura:	Artigo
Lingua:	Inglês
Pubblicazione:	Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2011-02-01
Serie:	Demographic Research
Soggetti:	Belgium demographic transition fertility nineteenth century parental investment quantity-quality trade-off resource dilution social mobility
Accesso online:	http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol24/14/
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