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Journal of Consumer Research 1981

The Effect of Fertility on the Time Use of Working Wives

Janet C. Hunt; B. F. Kiker

Abstract

By applying data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to a household utility maximization model, it was found that number and presence of young children tend to increase, whereas “quality” of children tends to decrease, the time wives devote to household production (including child care).

DOI
10.1086/208828
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