Winnie Hu

BRONXVILLE, N.Y., April 28, 2009, The New York Times — At 25 cents a job, or more, the children of Bronxville are laboring at home, some for the first time: cleaning their rooms, unloading the dishwasher, replacing toilet paper, pulling weeds.

Anyone who has visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art is familiar with the pay-what-you-want concept that has obvious appeal to those unwilling or unable to handle full price.