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- isbn: 978-3-319-57365-6
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- doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_463-1
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Family Allowances Children and adolescents Family responsabilities Financial Barriers Financial Contraints Children costs Family expensesSujets proches
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Angela Greulich et al., « The Cost of Children », Archive ouverte de Sciences Po (SPIRE), ID : 10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_463-1
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This chapter provides an overview of the cost of children, covering both direct and indirect perspectives. Direct costs refer to the increased household expenses that come with raising children, as parents spend more on goods like food, clothes, housing, or childcare. Indirect costs include opportunity costs that parents face, such as income losses after having children, reductions in savings, or lower pension entitlements. These costs are not equally distributed and tend to be higher for mothers than for fathers. This chapter also explores the time costs of children and the emerging literature on costs in terms of health and well-being. It examines existing models, data sources, and variability in the empirical estimations of child-related costs based on both objective and subjective measures. Developing realistic models and precise estimations of child costs for different family types and contextual settings is an important challenge for researchers, given the far-reaching implications for fertility, income distribution, and gender equality. Knowledge about child costs is therefore crucial for a wide range of policies, within and beyond the scope of family policies.
