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An Economic Analysis of the Family

John F. Ermisch

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English
Princeton University Press
09 August 2016
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

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Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   397g
ISBN:   9780691170954
ISBN 10:   0691170959
Pages:   280
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*CHAPTER ONE. Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER TWO. Conflict and Cooperation in the Family: Intra-Household Allocation, pg. 21*CHAPTER THREE. Altruism in the Family, pg. 51*CHAPTER FOUR. Home Production and Investment, pg. 74*CHAPTER FIVE. Investments in and Financial Transfers to Children, pg. 86*CHAPTER SIX. Economic Theories of Fertility, pg. 109*CHAPTER SEVEN. Matching in the Marriage Market, pg. 137*CHAPTER EIGHT. When Forever Is No More: Divorce and Child Support, pg. 169*CHAPTER NINE. Non-Altruistic Family Transfers, pg. 195*CHAPTER TEN. Household Formation, pg. 218*CHAPTER ELEVEN. Social Interaction, pg. 238*Bibliography, pg. 255*Index, pg. 263

John F. Ermisch is Professor of Economics at the Institute for Social and Economic Research of the University of Essex and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of Lone Parenthood: An Economic Analysis and The Political Economy of Demographic Change.

Reviews for An Economic Analysis of the Family

Well written and well organized, this book is particularly strong on issues relating to the intra-household allocation of resources--an area that has seen important research in recent years--and relations among members of non-intact families. It will be widely adopted as a very useful teaching text. --Alessandro Cigno, University of Florence This is a good book, carefully written and a pleasure to read. It covers all aspects of family economics, with a particular emphasis on demographic issues, and conveys the main ideas of the existing literature in a clear, articulate, interesting manner. It should meet the needs of many students. --Pierre Andr Chiappori, University of Chicago Ermisch provides a well-written introduction to how economists analyze families that will be useful to students, economists and other social scientists, and policymakers. He devotes more attention than do previous books to interesting analysis of issues related to household formation and social context, and he more rigorously integrates recent developments, both theoretical and empirical, in this area of expanding scholarship. --Jere R. Behrman, University of Pennsylvania


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