Valuing children : rethinking the economics of the family /
Na ncy Folbre.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
- viii, 235 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- The family and public policy .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-230) and index.
Introduction -- Children and the economy -- Commitments and capabili ties -- 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 p arents -- Public spending on children's education and health -- Who sho uld pay for the kids?
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Families -- Economic aspects -- United States. Child rearing -- Economic aspects -- United States. Households -- Economic aspects -- United States. Family allowances -- United States.