An economic analysis of the family / John F. Ermisch.
Material type: TextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: ix, 271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0691096678
- 9780691096674
- 306.85 21
- HQ518 .E76 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-261) and index.
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Conflict and Cooperation in the Family: Intra-Household Allocation -- Ch. 3. Altruism in the Family -- Ch. 4. Home Production and Investment -- Ch. 5. Investments in and Financial Transfers to Children -- Ch. 6. Economic Theories of Fertility -- Ch. 7. Matching in the Marriage Market -- Ch. 8. When Forever Is No More: Divorce and Child Support -- Ch. 9. Non-Altruistic Family Transfers -- Ch. 10. Household Formation -- Ch. 11. Social Interaction.
"What do economists have to say about behavior within the context of the family? This book improves our understanding of how families and markets interact, why important aspects of families have been changing in recent decades, and how families respond to, and are affected by, public policy. It covers a broader range of topics with more consistency than have previous studies, including all major theoretical developments in the field over the past decade. John Ermisch builds his analysis on the premise that the standard analytical methods of microeconomics can help us understand resource allocation and the distribution of welfare within the family." "An Economic Analysis of the Family will be a valuable resource for advanced students of microeconomics and also for students and researchers in sociology, psychology, and other social sciences."--BOOK JACKET.
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