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| Author: | Lanjouw, P. Ravallion, M. |
| Title: | Poverty and household size |
| Journal: | Economic Journal
1995 : NOV, VOL. 105:433, p. 1415-1434 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMICS POVERTY HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The widely held view that larger families tend to be poorer in developing countries has influenced research an policy. The scope for size economies in consumption cautions against this view. The authors find that the correlation between poverty and size vanishes in Pakistan when the size elasticity of the cost of living is about 0.6. This turns out to be the elasticity implied by a modified version of food share method of setting scales. By contrast, some measures of child nutritional status indicate an elasticity of unity. |
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