The Most Frequent Motive for Direct Infanticide Reported Cross-Culturally Is

question 34

Multiple Choice

The most frequent motive for direct infanticide reported cross-culturally is that the infant is __________.

• A)a girl
• B)deformed or very ill
• C)another mouth to feed
• D)born outside of marriage
• E)a twin and the mother was unable to breastfeed two infants at one time

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Definitions:

Firms

Business entities that produce goods or provide services to consumers, aiming to maximize profits.

Pigouvian Taxes

Taxes imposed on any market activity that generates negative externalities (costs not reflected in the market price) to correct the market outcome.

External Costs

Costs that are not borne by the producers or users of a product or service, but by society or the environment.

Polluting Firms

Companies that release harmful substances into the environment as a byproduct of their production processes.