Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family

by Nancy Folbre

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Nancy Folbre challenges the conventional economist's assumption that parents have children for the same reason that they acquire pets--primarily for the pleasure of their company. Children become the workers and taxpayers of the next generation, and "investments" in them offer a significant payback to other participants in the economy.

Yet parents, especially mothers, pay most of the costs. The high price of childrearing pushes many families...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674047273

ISBN13:9780674047273

Release Date:March 2010

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.5"

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Business Business & Investing Social Science Social Sciences

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