Inter-generational contracts, demographic transitions and the 'quantity-quality' tradeoff: parents, children and investing in the future

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Enduring Poverty and the Conditions of Childhood: Lifecourse and Intergenerational Poverty Transmissions (2003, background): “…there may be stronger emphasis on children’s responsibilities to their parents (Ennew, 1996) to ensure their wellbeing in old age; on ensuring the collective wellbeing of today’s family members; or on the different allocation of resources to the most ‘productive’ household members (Kabeer, 2000).”
Chronic poverty: meanings andanalytical frameworks, CPRC Working Paper No. 2, CPRC-IIPA Working Paper No. 1 (2001, unknown): “• men’s adult cognitive abilities correlate with men’s earnings, and effects of cognitive test scores have grown over time • is reduced cognitive ability a result of inheritance or is it the effect of parental poverty?”
Frameworks for Understanding the Inter-Generational Transmission of Poverty and Well-Being in Developing Countries (2001, background): “Norms influence IGT poverty-related capital through affecting perceptions of what might be received in return; a common example of a ‘strategic’ transfer of resources is to a younger generation in order to ensure support in one’s old age (see Kabeer 2000).”