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Valuing children : rethinking the economics of the family

Title
Valuing children : rethinking the economics of the family / Nancy Folbre.
Author
Folbre, Nancy
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.

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Description
viii, 235 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
The family and public policy
Subject
  • Families > Economic aspects > United States
  • Child rearing > Economic aspects > United States
  • Households > Economic aspects > United States
  • Family allowances > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-230) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Children and the economy -- Commitments and capabilities -- Defining the costs of children -- Children and family budgets / with Tamara Ohler -- Children outside the household -- Accounting for family time / with Jayoung Yoon -- Valuing family work -- Subsidizing parents -- Public spending on children's education and health -- Who should pay for the kids?
ISBN
  • 9780674026322 (alk. paper)
  • 0674026322 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2007018581
OCLC
  • ocn125402604
  • SCSB-14698751
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library