Economics of the Family - Brossura

Browning, Martin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521795397 ISBN 13: 9780521795395

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

The family is a complex decision unit in which partners with potentially different objectives make consumption, work and fertility decisions. Couples marry and divorce partly based on their ability to coordinate these activities, which in turn depends on how well they are matched. This book provides a comprehensive, modern and self-contained account of the research in the growing area of family economics. The first half of the book develops several alternative models of family decision making. Particular attention is paid to the collective model and its testable implications. The second half discusses household formation and dissolution and who marries whom. Matching models with and without frictions are analyzed and the important role of within-family transfers is explained. The implications for marriage, divorce and fertility are discussed. The book is intended for graduate students in economics and for researchers in other fields interested in the economic approach to the family.

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'This very fine book by three prominent economists - Browning at Oxford, Chiappori at Columbia, and Weiss at Tel Aviv - will provide an invaluable tool not only to population economists but also to labour economists (especially those with an interest in explaining the gender gap) and all economists with an interest in inequality and household consumption (which is to say, almost all economists).' Canadian Studies in Population

Descrizione del libro:

This book provides a comprehensive, modern and self-contained account of the research in the growing area of family economics. It is intended for graduate students in economics and for researchers in other fields interested in the economic approach to the family.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0521795397
• ISBN 13: 9780521795395
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 510