Who Should Pay for the Kids?

Paula England and Nancy Folbre
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Paula England: University of Arizona
Nancy Folbre: University of Massachusetts-Amherst

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1999, vol. 563, issue 1, 194-207

Abstract: This article emphasizes collective struggles over the distribution of the costs of children. Because the production of children's capabilities creates a public good that cannot be priced in the market, individuals can free ride on the efforts of parents in general and mothers in particular. We need to redesign the social contract in ways that encourage more sustainable forms of intergenerational altruism and reciprocity.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1177/000271629956300112

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