Is there an effect both positive or negative to the county's economy when couples have plenty children?
In the past before the current economic era, around the 15th century and the beginning of the French industrial revolution, having many children was seen as fertility and good for both the family work force and country's also. The labour force was majorly manual and those who worked at the plantations were sort after as able bodied men or women.
But at the moment, what is the viability of having many children especially as it could reduce the per capital income.
Man power is the source of power of a country but with a family that is unable to support a huge number of children it will affect the government negatively since the government are forced to allocate funds for the aid of these families. But if the family is able to support a huge number of children and be able to literate them, these will be an asset for the government. Literate citizen brings productivity to the government. through taxes from their labors, first class skills and services offered to the country, the government will flourish with capable citizen.