Economics of the family :  marriage, children, and human capital :a conference report of the National Bureau of Economic Research / 
edited by Theodore W. Schultz. 
 - 584 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Contains papers presented at two conferences held in June 1972 and June 1973, sponsored by NBER and the Population Council.  Originally published as supplements to the Journal of political economy, 1973-1974. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Fertility and economic values /  Economic theory of fertility behavior /  Comment /  Interaction between quantity and quality of children /  Child quality and the demand for children /  Comment /  Education and the derived demand for children /  Comment /  Economics of the size of North Carolina rural families /  Comment /  Economic analysis of fertility in Israel /  Comment /  Economics of postwar fertility in Japan /  Comment /  Birth rate changes over space and time : a study of Taiwan /  Comment /  A theory of marriage /  Comment : the economics of nonmonetary variables /  The U.S. marriage market /  Comment /  Benefits of women's education within marriage /  Comment /  Family investments in human capital : earnings of women /  Comment /  Home investments in children /  Comment /  The effect of children on the housewife's value of time /  Comment /  Effects of child-care programs on women's work effort /  Comment /  Toward a new theory of population and economic growth /  Comment /  Theodore W. Schultz --  Robert J. Willis.  Norman B. Ryder --  Gary S. Becker and H. Gregg Lewis --  Dennis N. De Tray.  Orley Ashenfelter --  Robert T. Michael.  Margaret G. Reid --  Bruce Gardner.  Glen G. Gain --  Yoram Ben-Porath.  H. Gregg Lewis --  Masanori Hashimoto.  Gary R. Saxonhouse --  T. Paul Schultz.  James Tobin --  Gary S. Becker.  William J. Goode --  Alan Freiden.  T. Dudley Wallace --  Lee Benham.  Finis Welch --  Jacob Mincer and Solomon Polacheck.  Otis Dudley Duncan --  Arleen Leibowitz.  Frank P. Stafford --  Reuben Gronau.  Robert E. Hall --  James J. Heckman.  Sherwin Rosen --  Marc Nerlove.  Zvi Griliches. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226740854 9780226740850 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>73081484 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Families--Congresses<br/>Marriage--Congresses<br/>Family size--Economic aspects--Congresses<br/>Fertility, Human--Economic aspects--Congresses
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ728  / .E3 HB501.5  / .E25M 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.85 301.42