Nancy Folbre challenges the conventional economist's assumption that parents have children for the same reason that they acquire pets--primarily for the pleasur

Doepke and Zilibotti investigate how economic forces shape how parents raise their children. They show that in countries with increasing economic inequality, su

From childhood, children need games, songs, stories and many more things. Though the stories are full of fantasies and superstitions, the children must also rec

Preschooler Betty Bunny is back and testing her limits. Luckily, she is a loveable handful nobunny can resist. This hardcover picture book in the Betty Bunny se

"David Blau has chosen seven economists to write chapters that review the emerging economic literature on the supply of child care, parental demand for care, ch