Family size and intergenerational social mobility during the fertility transition

• DOI: 10.4054/demres.2011.24.14
• Publication Date: 2011-02-18T03:30:27Z
• Authors: Jan Van Bavel; Sarah Moreels; Bart Van de Putte; Koen Matthijs
• Keywords: Social Mobility

It has been argued in sociology, economics, and evolutionary anthropology that family size limitation enhances the intergenerational upward mobility chances modernized societies. If parents have a large flock, resources get diluted interg