Van Praag, Bernard M.S.; Warnaar, Marcel F. - In: Handbook of population and family economics : volume 1, …, (pp. 241-273). 1997
This chapter describes various methods on the elusive concept of the cost of children. At starvation level, there does not seem to be a specific cost level that can be identified as the costs. Traditional estimates define material needs at a minimum level, which are priced, and add up to cost....