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Author: Mason, Andrew W.
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1. Mason, Andrew W.
An Empirical Analysis of Life-Cycle Saving, Income, and Household Size
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1975
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Children; Family Resources; Fathers, Influence; Household Income; Life Cycle Research

The effect of children on the distribution of household consumption is estimated by examining the relationship between the number of children and the predicted proportion of lifetime resources consumed over the entire child- rearing interval. Although households which raised more children consume a higher proportion of their lifetime resources during the child-rearing years than households which raised fewer children, the effect of children on the allocation of consumption is considerably less than is generally assumed. When both of these influences of children on savings are considered, the household savings rate during the child-rearing years is considerably less sensitive to the number of children than was previously thought to be the case. For low-income households the household savings rate during the child rearing interval may be positively associated with the number of children being reared.
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Mason, Andrew W. An Empirical Analysis of Life-Cycle Saving, Income, and Household Size. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1975.