Fiscal externalities of becoming a parent

Population and Development Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-266

  Wolf, Douglas A ^a   Lee, Ronald D ^b   Miller, Timothy ^c   Donehower, Gretchen ^b   Genest, Alexandre ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d Human Resources and Skills Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; FISCAL POLICY; PANEL DATA; PARENTAL CARE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959493477     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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