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fertility as insurance against risk: a standalone construct

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Demography

the proposal that high fertility protects parents against risks such as widowhood and income loss where markets and states give no security.

In demography, fertility as insurance against risk refers to the proposal that high fertility protects parents against risks such as widowhood and income loss where markets and states give no security. This meaning comes from Cain (1983) in Population and Development Review.[1]

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development1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone construct fertility4 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs loss2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Cain, M. (1983). Fertility as an Adjustment to Risk. Population and Development Review, 9(4), 688. https://doi.org/10.2307/1973546

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