ABSTRAK
Dalam lingkup rumah tangga-mikro, orang tua memegang peran pentingdalam menentukan kualitas anak. Teori klasik Becker dan Lewis (1974)membuktikan keterbatasan pendapatan dalam rumah tangga membuat orang tuamenghadapi trade-off antara jumlah anak dan kualitas anak. Studi ini bertujuanmelakukan pengujian teori Becker secara empiris di Indonesia. Menggunakan dataIFLS4 dan metode OLS, ditemukan hubungan positif antara jumlah anak dan lamasekolah. Hal ini mengindikasikan tidak terdapat trade-off antara kuantitas dankualitas anak usia 7-24. Selanjutnya, variabel tingkat pencapaian pendidikan jugadigunakan dalam uji ini sebagai pendekatan kualitas pendidikan lainnya.Menggunakan metode order logit, hasil pengujiannya mendukung temuansebelumnya yaitu tidak terdapat trade-off antara jumlah anak dan tingkatpencapaian pendidikan anak.

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ABSTRACT
Parents play an important role in determining the quality of children athome production. Classical theory of Becker and Lewis (1974) had proven thatthere is trade-off between quantity and quality of children because of their lowincome parents. This study aim for testing the Becker’s theory empirically inIndonesia by using the data IFLS 4 and OLS method. It is found that there is apositive relationship between number of children and years of schooling. Thisstudy indicates that there is no trade-off between quantity and quality of childrenages 7-24. Furthermore, educational attainment level is also tested as an approachanother education quality. By using order logit method, the test results supportprevious findings that could not find trade-off between number of children andlevel of educational attainment of children in Indonesia.