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Treatise on the family / Gary S. Becker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1981.Description: xii, 288 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0674906969
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 B395 306.85
Contents:
1. Single-Person households-- 2. Division of labor in households and families-- 3. Polygamy and monogamy in marriage markets-- 4. Assortative mating in marriage markets-- 5. The demand for children-- 6. Family background and the opportunities of childrer-- 7. Inequality and intergenerational mobility-- 8. Altruism in the family-- 9. Families in nonhuman species-- 10. Imperfect information, marriage, and divorce-- 11. The evolution of the family-- Bibliography-- Index.
Summary: This book is contains an economic approach to the family. The title does not refer to economic aspects of the family. This volume uses the assumptions of maximizing behavior, stable preferences, and equilibrium in implicit or explicit markets to provide a systematic analysis of the family.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books ISI Library, Kolkata 306.85 B395 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available C26256
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Single-Person households--
2. Division of labor in households and families--
3. Polygamy and monogamy in marriage markets--
4. Assortative mating in marriage markets--
5. The demand for children--
6. Family background and the opportunities of childrer--
7. Inequality and intergenerational mobility--
8. Altruism in the family--
9. Families in nonhuman species--
10. Imperfect information, marriage, and divorce--
11. The evolution of the family--

Bibliography--
Index.

This book is contains an economic approach to the family. The title does not refer to economic aspects of the family. This volume uses the assumptions of maximizing behavior, stable preferences, and equilibrium in implicit or explicit markets to provide a systematic analysis of the family.

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