Cheaper by the dozen? The marginal time costs of children in the Philippines

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 561-578

  Holmes, Jessica ^a   Tiefenthaler, Jill ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Colgate University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Costs of children; Philippines; Time allocation

Indexed keywords

COSTS OF CHILDREN; FAMILY SIZE; POPULATION FERTILITY; TIME ALLOCATION; TIME COSTS;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0031432794     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005756622764     Document Type: Article

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