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