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- W2039772502 abstract "This paper is a reply to a critique of a previous article by Mead Cain on the effects on fertility of economic risk such as is experienced in poor countries. The critique appears in the same issue as this reply. Fertility does not vary systematically because of the security motive in an area as poor as rural Bangladesh where even relatively prosperous households are in danger of material loss. The author finds Robinsons interpretation of the risk/fertility theory to be misrepresentative. Robinsons position: that high fertility persists in rural Bangladesh because children are costless is argued against by virtue of the fact that childrens costs are not in womens opportunity costs but rather the costs for food which are considerable in Bangladesh. It is not assumed that children protect families against the dangers of natural disasters or civil unrest but they are an investment of food resources in exchange for protection in the event of parents disability or widowhood and an opportunity to diversify income sources to diminish the likelihood of loss resulting from failure of 1 source. Landlessness and unemployment are not as high as Robinson has supposed and children do in fact contribute to family income from a young age by working. Furthermore there are few alternative insurance mechanisms (i.e. village alliances) that replace familial ties. The idea that the short time horizons of rural Bangladeshis would tend to make them very indisposed to make the large investment in children is argued since it is based on an incorrect calculation the effect of risk on discount rates. Finally Robinsons use of empirical exercises to test the Mead theory is questioned for some of its methods. It is affirmed in conclusion that children are an important source of security to parents but that the implications for fertility need to be made more clear." @default.
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- W2039772502 title "Risk and Fertility: A Reply to Robinson" @default.
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