TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kim, Jungho
A1  - Prskawetz, Alexia
A1  - Engelhardt, Henriette
A1  - Aassve, Arnstein
T1  - Does fertility decrease household consumption?: An analysis of poverty dynamics and fertility in Indonesia
Y1  - 2009/06/05
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 623
EP  - 656
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.26
VL  - 20
IS  - 26
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/26/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/26/20-26.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/26/20-26.pdf
N2  - This paper presents an empirical analysis of the relationship between fertility and a direct measure of poverty for Indonesia, a country, which has experienced unprecedented economic growth and sharp fertility declines over recent decades. It focuses on illustrating the sensitivity of the effect of fertility on household consumption with respect to the equivalence scale by applying the propensity score matching method. The analysis suggests that a newborn child decreases household consumption per person by 20 percent within four years. When the estimates of equivalence scales implied by the Indonesian sample are applied, the effect of a child on household consumption is still negative, but the magnitudes are in the range from 20 to 65 percent of that found with the per-capita expenditure as a measure of consumption. Therefore, it is suggested that the analysis based on the conventional measure of poverty is likely to exaggerate the effect of fertility on poverty at least because of the neglect of the proper equivalence scale.

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