ISBN:
9781849502559
Inhalt:
This chapter examines the seeming paradox that although children may be a net cost to parents, they may nonetheless play a key role in underwriting the cost of large families. Maya time allocation and reproductive history data are used to approach children’s economic value from two methodological perspectives: wealth flows and the timing of children’s economic contributions. While Maya children are expensive to raise, when viewed in light of the timing of their labor supply across the demographic life cycle of the family, children’s economic contributions enable Maya parents to continue childbearing and raise more children than they might otherwise be able.
In:
Socioeconomic aspects of human behavioral ecology, Bingley, U.K : Emerald, 2004, (2004), Seite 335-353, 9781849502559
In:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
In:
year:2004
In:
pages:335-353
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1016/S0190-1281(04)23014-1
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