raising children adopted in much of the economics literature. This tends to be restricted purely to models in which the … household members consume market goods with given household income. The "costs of children" are perceived essentially as market … leisure, to care for children. The studies also ignore the question of the distribution of income among adults and, in …

earners. This paper shows, in the context of a model of the household with young children present, that this assumption is not … the number and ages of children requires us to look for other explanations, and we argue that these can be found in the …

raising children adopted in much of the economics literature. This tends to be restricted purely to models in which the … household members consume market goods with given household income. The "costs of children" are perceived essentially as market … leisure, to care for children. The studies also ignore the question of the distribution of income among adults and, in …

domestic work, and bought in child care for married or cohabiting mothers with pre-school age children. The father's behavior … show that the time allocations of women with pre-school children are highly sensitive to changes in wages and the costs of …

domestic work, and bought in child care for married or cohabiting mothers with pre-school age children. The father's behavior … show that the time allocations of women with pre-school children are highly sensitive to changes in wages and the costs of …