Comment on "a theory of the value of children"

Demography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-136

  Lehrer, Evelyn L ^a   Grossbard Shechtman, Shoshana ^b   Leasure, J William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; DECISION MAKING; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTING; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0030076096     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2061718     Document Type: Article

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