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First-generation effects on second-generation fertility

Year: 1975

Type: article

Abstract: The number of children born to the second generation is shown to be inversely related to the predicted income of the first generation (father's father) and to the number of siblings in the second generation. This is true even when second-generation characteristics are taken account of. This long-term effect may be the result of parental influences on the tastes, opportunities or genes of their children. They do get an empirical expression because of the imperfect and partial measurement of second-generation characteristics.

Source: Demography

DOI: 10.2307/2060823

Author: Yoram Ben-Porath

Institution: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Language: English

Topic: Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Science Foundation, RAND Corporation, Harvard University, National Institutes of Health

OpenAlex ID: W2017937024