Adolescents’ Impact on Family Economy in Sweden

During the First Decades of the Twentieth Century

Bibliographic Data

ID6079934
AuthorsDan Bäcklund (Uppsala University), Kristina Lilja (Uppsala University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume44
Issue1
Pages3-23
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0363199018787562
OpenAlexW2883462326
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

Adolescents’ income contributions to working-class families decreased between the 1910s and the 1930s in Sweden. This was significant for adolescents’ right to self-determination. By using household budget surveys, this article shows that at the time of the Great Depression, working adolescents paid less at home than had been common at the beginning of the twentieth century. Youth unemployment is one explanation, although it was also a consequence of children keeping more of their earnings for themselves. This development led to rising costs for having children and is interpreted as an aspect of the trade-off between quantity and quality of children

Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Great Depression · Macroeconomics · Political science · Unemployment · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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