title: The opportunity costs of childbearing: more than mothers' business.
abstract: "This paper is an argument about gender relations. It takes the entwined themes of men's interests in parenthood, the sex division of labour and its evolution, policy for gender equity and policy to support the level of social reproduction. The emphasis on women's employment as a determinant of low fertility has to be supplemented by an examination of the assumption that only women's time use is affected by child-rearing.... Descriptive evidence about the paid and unpaid work of couples and parents is presented, largely secondary material from the UK."
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D002668:Child Rearing; D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005298:Fertility; D006796:Household Work; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008393:Marriage; D010290:Parents; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: Behavior; Child Rearing; Comparative Studies; Couples; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Female Role; Fertility; Gender Issues; Gender Relations; Housework; Husband-wife Comparisons; Male Role; Microeconomic Factors; Parents; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Sex Factors; Social Behavior; Studies; World