Valuing Children : Rethinking the Economics of the Family

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Conceptualizing the Costs of Children -- 1. Children and the Economy -- 2. Commitments and Capabilities -- II. Private Spending on Children in the United States -- 3. Defining the Costs of Children -- 4. Children and Family Budgets -- 5. Children outside the Household -- 6. Accounting for Family Time -- 7. Valuing Family Work -- III. Public Spending on Children in the United States -- 8. Subsidizing Parents -- 9. Public Spending on Children's Education and Health -- 10. Who Should Pay for the Kids? -- Notes -- Index