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The cost of children

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  • Ruth Mace

    (University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.)

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An investigation into the causes of the decline in the number of children being born finds that economic motivations are more influential than child mortality or social learning, but also reinforces the relatedness of these factors.

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  • Ruth Mace, 2013. "The cost of children," Nature, Nature, vol. 499(7456), pages 32-33, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:499:y:2013:i:7456:d:10.1038_nature12257
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12257
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    1. Haya Stier & Amit Kaplan, 2020. "Are Children a Joy or a Burden? Individual- and Macro-level Characteristics and the Perception of Children," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 36(2), pages 387-413, April.
    2. Ruth Mace, 2014. "When not to have another baby: An evolutionary approach to low fertility," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 30(37), pages 1074-1096.

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