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Author Folbre, Nancy.

Title Valuing children : rethinking the economics of the family / Nancy Folbre.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.

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 Moore Stacks  HQ536 .F65 2008    Available  ---
Description viii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series The family and public policy
Family and public policy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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?
Subject Families -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Families -- Economic aspects.
United States.
Child rearing -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Child rearing -- Economic aspects.
Child rearing.
Households -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Households -- Economic aspects.
Family allowances -- United States.
Family allowances.
ISBN 9780674026322 alkaline paper
0674026322 alkaline paper