Entry:

O’Rourke, Kevin H. and Sinott, Richard, “The Determinants of Individual Trade Policy Preferences: International Survey Evidence,” Brookings Trade Forum, 2001 (2001), 157-206.


Abstract:

Subjective family affluence does not consistently exert significant effects on family size expectations among men or to the long-term plans of women. However, upwardly mobile men tend to generate expected family sizes above the average while the downwardly mobile tend to expect fewer.