How the decline of family size impact the intergenerational transmission of social inequality: Evidence from Ouagadougou in West Africa.

This paper aims to quantitatively assess the effects of the decline of family size on the intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic inequality in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. More specifically, we will seek to ascertain the extent to which children's schooling outcomes vary across families with fewer versus more children, by social class. Does fertility limitation appear to be as viable (successful) a strategy for poorer families as for richer ones and, if so, might the decline in family size act to reduces the intergenerational transmission of inequality over the long-term? Data are from the DEMTREND survey that focused on children’s work and schooling behavior- on parents and also on grand-parents-, based on a subsample of the Ouagadougou DSS -, based on a subsample of the Ouagadougou DSS, which longitudinally follows a population of approximately 85000 in five neighborhoods in the capital city of Burkina Faso. This work will help us to know how demographic changes (family size and family composition) impact the transmission of social inequalities over three generations.