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Families with kids are like little welfare states. They prioritise something other than their market earnings and the adult earners tax themselves heavily in terms of both money and time to fulfil obligations to their dependents (Folbre 2001: 202).
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Jarvis, H. (2005). Cities and Families. In: Work/Life City Limits. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230503304_2
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