@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp4078, author={Millimet, Daniel L. and Wang, Le}, title={Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-off a Trade-off for All, None, or Some?}, year={2009}, month={Mar}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={4078}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4078}, abstract={Although the theoretical trade-off between the quantity and quality of children is well-established, empirical evidence supporting such a causal relationship ? particularly on child health ? is limited. We use two measures of child health to asses the quantity-quality trade-off across the entire distribution. Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and controlling for the potential endogeneity of child quantity, we find evidence of a causal trade-off only for some and only in the short-run.}, keywords={quantile treatment effects;fertility;human capital;health;stochastic dominance;intrahousehold allocation}, }