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Children as Economic Agents

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Deborah Levison
Abstract

A generational perspective recognizes that children have preferences which may differ systematically from those of adults, and, furthermore, that a children's standpoint should be recognized by scholars and activists and incorporated into policy targeted at children and their families. Economics has not considered children as agents because of their lack of power relative to adults. The implications of recognizing children's agency are explored for the case of children's paid and unpaid labor force and household work.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Feminist Economics.

Volume (Year): 6 (2000)
Issue (Month): 1 (March)
Pages: 125-134
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Keywords: Child Agency; Child Labor; Unpaid Work;

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  1. Connelly, Rachel & DeGraff, Deborah S & Levison, Deborah, 1996. "Women's Employment and Child Care in Brazil," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 44(3), pages 619-56, April.
  2. Shelly Lundberg & Robert Pollak, 1998. "Bargaining in Families," Working Papers 0065, University of Washington, Department of Economics.
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  3. Strassmann, Diana L, 1994. "Feminist Thought and Economics: Or, What Do the Visigoths Know?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 84(2), pages 153-58, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Jo Thori Lind, 2001. "Tout est au mieux dans ce meilleur des ménages possibles The Pangloss critique of equivalence scales," Discussion Papers 296, Research Department of Statistics Norway. [Downloadable!]
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