Adolescents’ impact on family economy in Sweden : During the first decades of the twentieth century
| Autor: | Dan Bäcklund, Kristina Lilja |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Economic History
Youth unemployment media_common.quotation_subject household budget surveys working-class adolescents Self-determination Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) quality of children contribution habits interwar years Anthropology Political science Ekonomisk historia Impact on family Demographic economics Social Sciences (miscellaneous) media_common household welfare youth unemployment |
| Popis: | 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. |
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