Costs of Children and Models of Parenthood

Comparative Evidence from Two Swiss Cities, 1955–1970

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6079485
AutoresCaroline Rusterholz (0000-0002-8611-031X, University of Fribourg, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen40
Número2
Páginas208-229
Fecha de publicación2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0363199015569710
OpenAlexW2049119728
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11

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