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Does trade-off between child quantity and child quality exist in Malaysia?

This paper analyzed whether the child quantity-quality (CQQ) trade-off is applicable in the case of Malaysia.Utilizing the instrumental variable (IV) method, our analysis produces results that are consistent with the hypothesis that the trade-off is unlikely to be applicable to Malaysia as a whole d...

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Main Authors: Abdul Razak, Nor Azam, Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini, Abdul Hakim, Roslan
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Published: World Scientific Publishing Company 2015
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HC Economic History and Conditions
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/15099/
http://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590815500216
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spelling my.uum.repo.150992016-04-12T04:42:19Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/15099/ Does trade-off between child quantity and child quality exist in Malaysia? Abdul Razak, Nor Azam Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini Abdul Hakim, Roslan HC Economic History and Conditions This paper analyzed whether the child quantity-quality (CQQ) trade-off is applicable in the case of Malaysia.Utilizing the instrumental variable (IV) method, our analysis produces results that are consistent with the hypothesis that the trade-off is unlikely to be applicable to Malaysia as a whole due to the generous public provision of education. However, the results show that the CQQ trade-off exists for the high-income group.Taken together, if both a larger stock of human capital and population are desired, the government should continue to provide education for its people while at the same time maintain policies that stimulate growth. World Scientific Publishing Company 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed Abdul Razak, Nor Azam and Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini and Abdul Hakim, Roslan (2015) Does trade-off between child quantity and child quality exist in Malaysia? The Singapore Economic Review. ISSN 0217-5908 http://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590815500216 doi:10.1142/S0217590815500216
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
building UUM Library
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continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Utara Malaysia
content_source UUM Institutionali Repository
url_provider http://repo.uum.edu.my/
topic HC Economic History and Conditions
spellingShingle HC Economic History and Conditions
Abdul Razak, Nor Azam
Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini
Abdul Hakim, Roslan
Does trade-off between child quantity and child quality exist in Malaysia?
description This paper analyzed whether the child quantity-quality (CQQ) trade-off is applicable in the case of Malaysia.Utilizing the instrumental variable (IV) method, our analysis produces results that are consistent with the hypothesis that the trade-off is unlikely to be applicable to Malaysia as a whole due to the generous public provision of education. However, the results show that the CQQ trade-off exists for the high-income group.Taken together, if both a larger stock of human capital and population are desired, the government should continue to provide education for its people while at the same time maintain policies that stimulate growth.
format Article
author Abdul Razak, Nor Azam
Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini
Abdul Hakim, Roslan
author_facet Abdul Razak, Nor Azam
Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini
Abdul Hakim, Roslan
author_sort Abdul Razak, Nor Azam
title Does trade-off between child quantity and child quality exist in Malaysia?
title_short Does trade-off between child quantity and child quality exist in Malaysia?
title_full Does trade-off between child quantity and child quality exist in Malaysia?
title_fullStr Does trade-off between child quantity and child quality exist in Malaysia?
title_full_unstemmed Does trade-off between child quantity and child quality exist in Malaysia?
title_sort does trade-off between child quantity and child quality exist in malaysia?
publisher World Scientific Publishing Company
publishDate 2015
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/15099/
http://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590815500216
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