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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Conceptualizing the Costs of Children 1. Children and the Economy 2. Commitments and Capabilities Part 2: Private Spending on Children in the United States 3. Defining the Costs of Children 4. Children and Family Budgets with Tamara Ohler 5. Children outside the Household 6. Accounting for Family Time with Jayoung Yoon 7. Valuing Family Work Part 3: 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
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Family -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Child rearing -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Households -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Family allowances -- United States.