TY - GEN N2 - 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. DO - 10.4159/9780674033641 DO - doi AB - 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. T1 - Valuing Children :Rethinking the Economics of the Family / AU - Folbre, Nancy, AU - Ohler, Tamara, AU - Yoon, Jayoung, JF - HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 CN - HQ536 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1478332 KW - Child rearing KW - Families KW - Family allowances KW - Households KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory. SN - 9780674033641 TI - Valuing Children :Rethinking the Economics of the Family / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674033641 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674033641 ER -