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Costs of Children and Models of Parenthood

Comparative Evidence from Two Swiss Cities, 1955–1970

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ID6079485
AuthorsCaroline Rusterholz (0000-0002-8611-031X, University of Fribourg, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume40
Issue2
Pages208-229
Publication date2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0363199015569710
OpenAlexW2049119728
LanguageEN
Citations received11

The transition from the baby boom to the baby bust has never been studied with a particular focus on the increase in the relative costs of children. This article uses this explanation and applies it to Lausanne and Fribourg, two Swiss cities characterized by different institutional contexts and by strikingly divergent trends in terms of fertility. This article conjectures that new rights for children and models of parenthood that appeared during the 1960s increased the cost of child rearing and are key explanations for the transition from the baby boom to the baby bust

Baby boom · Boom · Bust · Demographic economics · Demographic transition · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Population · Sociology · Demography · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Social Policies and Family

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Unique citing works11
Citations per year0,92
Citation span2014 - 2024 (11)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 10
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