Introduction
Children and the economy
Commitments and capabilities
Defining the costs of children
Children and family budgets / with Tamara Ohler
Children outside the household
Accounting for family time / with Jayoung Yoon
Valuing family work
Subsidizing parents
Public spending on children's education and health
Who should pay for the kids?
Valuing children : rethinking the economics of the family by Nancy Folbre. ISBN 9780674026322. Published by Harvard University Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.