Description: Valuing Children by Nancy Folbre Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description While parents spend significant time as well as money on children, most estimates of the "cost" of children ignore the value of this time. Folbre provides a startlingly high but entirely credible estimate of the value of parental time per child by asking what it would cost to purchase a comparable substitute for it. Publisher Description Nancy Folbre challenges the conventional economists 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 into poverty, often with adverse consequences for children themselves.Parents spend time as well as money on children. Yet most estimates of the "cost" of children ignore the value of this time. Folbre provides a startlingly high but entirely credible estimate of the value of parental time per child by asking what it would cost to purchase a comparable substitute for it.She also emphasizes the need for better accounting of public expenditure on children over the life cycle and describes the need to rethink the very structure and logic of the welfare state. A new institutional structure could promote more cooperative, sustainable, and efficient commitments to the next generation. Author Biography Nancy Folbre is Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Details ISBN 0674047273 ISBN-13 9780674047273 Title Valuing Children Author Nancy Folbre Format Paperback Year 2010 Pages 248 Publisher Harvard University Press GE_Item_ID:26301310; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780674047273
Book Title: Valuing Children
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Valuing Children : Rethinking the Economics of the Family
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Subject: Parenting / General, Sociology / General, Economics / Microeconomics, General, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Economics / Theory, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Item Height: 0.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Author: Nancy Folbre
Subject Area: Family & Relationships, Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Length: 0.9 in
Series: The Family and Public Policy Ser.
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
