Theory a Predicts That the Higher the Opportunity Cost of Having

question 29

Multiple Choice

Theory A predicts that the higher the opportunity cost of having a child,the fewer children a woman will have.Which of the following is evidence against the theory if opportunity cost is measured in terms of foregone salary?

• A) women with high-paying jobs have more children than women with low-paying jobs.
• B) women with low-paying jobs have more children than women with high-paying jobs.
• C) men married to women with high-paying jobs want more children than men married to women with low-paying jobs.
• D) the mothers of women with high-paying jobs will want their daughters to have children more than the mothers of women with low-paying jobs will want their daughters to have children.
• E) none of the above

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