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Title: Childlessness and Economic Development: A Survey

Citation Type: Book, Section

Publication Year: 2019

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-21599-6_3

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Abstract: In her book “No Kids: 40 Good Reasons Not to Have Children”, Corinne Maier puts into question the idealized notion of parenthood as a natural behavior. She asks her childless readers whether they are prepared to give up their time, money, and friends for the “vicious little dwarves” that will treat them like their servant and end up resenting them. In contrast to Corinne Maier, Jody Day, in her book “Living the Life Unexpected: 12 Weeks to Your Plan B for a Meaningful and Fulfilling Future Without Children”, states that “Across the globe, millions of women are reaching their mid-forties without having had a child, (…) most didn’t choose this and are silently struggling in a life they didn’t foresee. Most people think that women who aren’t mothers either couldn’t have or didn’t want children: the truth is much more complex.” In the list of arguments and situations discussed in these two books for the general public, many speak to the theory of fertility as it has been developed since Malthus (1807), Sadler (1830), and Becker (1960)..

Url: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-21599-6_3

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Authors: Baudin, Thomas; de la Croix, David; Gobbi, Paula E.

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Pages: 55-90

Volume Title: Human Capital and Economic Growth

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Publisher Location: Cham

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Data Collections: IPUMS International

Topics: Education, Health, Other

Countries: Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa