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Revision as of 04:12, 25 June 2009 by Angela9298 (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The family, although recognized as fundamental from Adam Smith on, received little systematic treatment in economics before the 1950s. A significant exception was Thomas Malthus's model of population growth. The work of Gary Becker and others initiated contemporary research on family economics with the application and extension of microeconomic theory and empirical methods. Standard aspects include:
- fertility and the demand for children in developed and developing countries
- child health and mortality
- interrelation and trade-off of 'quantity' and 'quality' of children through investment of time and other resources of parents
- altruism in the family, including the rotten kid theorem
- sexual division of labor through the household production function and outside the household.
- mate selection, search costs, marriage, divorce, and imperfect information
- family background and opportunities of children.
- intergenerational mobility and inequality, including the bequest motive.
- human capital, social security, and the rise and fall of families.
See also
Notes
- , (1798). An Essay on the Principle of Population. Arrow-searchable text.
- Alicia Adsera (2008). "fertility in developed countries," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
- T. Paul Schultz (2008). "fertility in developing countries," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
- Janet Currie (2008). "child health and mortality," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
- Gary S. Becker and Nigel Tomes (1976). "Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children," Journal of Political Economy, 84(4, Part 2), pp. S143-S162.
- Eric A. Hanushek (1992) "The Trade-off between Child Quantity and Quality," Journal of Political Economy, 100(1), pp. 84-117.
- Theodore C. Bergstrom (2008). "rotten kid theorem," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, Abstract.
- Olivier Donni (2008). "collective models of the household." The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
- Shelly Lundberg and Robert A. Pollak (2008). "family decision making," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
- Hao Li (2008). "assortative matching," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
- Yoram Weiss (2008). "marriage and divorce," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
- Gary Solon (2008). "intergenerational income mobility," " The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
- Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Lawrence H. Summers (1981), "The Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Aggregate Capital Accumulation." Journal of Political Economy, 89(40), pp. 706-732.
- John Laitner (2008). "bequests and the life cycle model," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition.Abstract.
- Kathleen McGarry (2008). "inheritance and bequests." The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
- Oded Galor (2008). "human capital, fertility and growth," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
- Gary S. Becker (1987). "family," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, v. 2, pp. 281-86.
- John Ermisch (2008). "family economics," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
References
- Gary S. Becker (1981, Enlarged ed., 1991). A Treatise on the Family. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-90698-5. Publisher's description & links to chapter previews.
- _____ (1987). "family," [[The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, v. 2, pp. 281-86. Reprinted in (1989), Social Economics: The New Palgrave, pp. 65-76.
- Yoram Ben-Porath (1982). "Economics and the Family-Match or Mismatch? a Review of Becker's A Treatise on the Family," Journal of Economic Literature, 20(1) (March), pp. 52-64.
- Theodore C. Bergstrom (1996). "Economics in a Family Way," Journal of Economic Literature, 34(4), pp. 1903-1934.
- Theodore C. Bergstrom and Mark Bagnoli (1993). "Courtship as a Waiting Game," Journal of Political Economy, 101(1), pp. 185-202.
- Richard A. Berk (1987). "household production," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, v. 2, pp. 673-75
- John Ermisch (2008). "family economics," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract+ links to "Related Articles" Abstracts.
- Mark R. Rosenzweig and Oded Stark, ed. (1997). Handbook of Population and Family Economics. Table of conents, v. 1A & 1B, pp. 1422. Elsevier.
- Theodore W. Schultz, ed. (1974). Economics of the Family: Marriage, Children, and Human Capital, Chicago, University of Chicago Press
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