Handbook of the Economics of the Family, Volume One highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including An Institutional Perspective on the Economics of the Family, The Family as a Social Institution, Mating Markets, Household Decisions and Intra-household Distributions, The Economics of Fertility: A New Era, Families, Markets, and the State, Family Background, Neighborhoods, and Intergenerational Mobility, and The Great Transition: Kuznets Facts for Family-Economists.
1. Introduction to the series - p. iii 2. Preface - p. iii 3. Chapter 1: Culture and the family - p. 1 4. Chapter 2: Mating markets - p. 49 5. Abstract - p. 50 6. Introduction - p. page50 7. 1 Matching markets: theory - p. 52 8. 2 Empirical methods - p. 84 9. 3 Some empirical applications - p. 93 10. 4 Conclusion - p. 103 11. References - p. 104 12. Chapter 3: Household decisions and intra-household distributions - p. 111 13. Chapter 4: The economics of fertility: a new era - p. 151 14. Abstract - p. 152 15. 1 Introduction - p. page152 16. 2 Old facts, old models - p. 156 17. 3 The changing relationships between income, labor force participation, education, and fertility - p. 169 18. 4 Why have the old relationships weakened or disappeared? - p. 179 19. 5 A new big idea: the ease of combining career and family as a determinant of fertility - p. 190 20. 6 More new directions in modeling fertility choice - p. 210 21. 7 Recent developments in the normative analysis of fertility - p. 219 22. 8 The road ahead for the economics of fertility - p. 224 23. 9 Conclusion - p. 233 24. References - p. 238 25. Chapter 5: Families, labor markets, and policy - p. 255 26. Abstract - p. 256 27. 1 Introduction - p. page256 28. 2 Trends - p. 258 29. 3 Conceptual framework - p. 279 30. 4 Evidence on policy impacts - p. page284 31. 5 The political economy of family policies - p. 296 32. 6 Cross-country variation in family policies - p. 298 33. 7 Conclusions - p. page304 34. References - p. 318 35. Chapter 6: Family background, neighborhoods, and intergenerational mobility - p. 327 36. Abstract - p. 328 37. 1 Introduction - p. page328 38. 2 Family background and earnings: theoretical considerations - p. 331 39. 3 Measurement of intergenerational mobility - p. 337 40. 4 The importance of family environment and genetics - p. 345 41. 5 Effects of family environment - p. 355 42. 6 Neighborhoods and intergenerational mobility - p. 361 43. 7 Conclusion - p. 378 44. References - p. 379 45. Chapter 7: The great transition: Kuznets facts for family-economists - p. 389 46. Abstract - p. 390 47. 1 Beginning - p. 392 48. 2 Kuznets facts for family-economists - p. 391 49. 3 Setup - p. 402 50. 4 Decision problems - p. 405 51. 5 Calibrating the model to US data - p. 407 52. 6 Propelling the great transition - p. 418 53. 7 Ending - p. page427 54. References - p. 436 55. Chapter 8: An institutional perspective on the economics of the family - p. 443 56. Index - p. 500
Handbook of the Economics of the Family, Volume One highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including An Institutional Perspective on the Economics of the Family, The Family as a Social Institution, Mating Markets, Household Decisions and Intra-household Distributions, The Economics of Fertility: A New Era, Families, Markets, and the State, Family Background, Neighborhoods, and Intergenerational Mobility, and The Great Transition: Kuznets Facts for Family-Economists.
1. Introduction to the series - p. iii 2. Preface - p. iii 3. Chapter 1: Culture and the family - p. 1 4. Chapter 2: Mating markets - p. 49 5. Abstract - p. 50 6. Introduction - p. page50 7. 1 Matching markets: theory - p. 52 8. 2 Empirical methods - p. 84 9. 3 Some empirical applications - p. 93 10. 4 Conclusion - p. 103 11. References - p. 104 12. Chapter 3: Household decisions and intra-household distributions - p. 111 13. Chapter 4: The economics of fertility: a new era - p. 151 14. Abstract - p. 152 15. 1 Introduction - p. page152 16. 2 Old facts, old models - p. 156 17. 3 The changing relationships between income, labor force participation, education, and fertility - p. 169 18. 4 Why have the old relationships weakened or disappeared? - p. 179 19. 5 A new big idea: the ease of combining career and family as a determinant of fertility - p. 190 20. 6 More new directions in modeling fertility choice - p. 210 21. 7 Recent developments in the normative analysis of fertility - p. 219 22. 8 The road ahead for the economics of fertility - p. 224 23. 9 Conclusion - p. 233 24. References - p. 238 25. Chapter 5: Families, labor markets, and policy - p. 255 26. Abstract - p. 256 27. 1 Introduction - p. page256 28. 2 Trends - p. 258 29. 3 Conceptual framework - p. 279 30. 4 Evidence on policy impacts - p. page284 31. 5 The political economy of family policies - p. 296 32. 6 Cross-country variation in family policies - p. 298 33. 7 Conclusions - p. page304 34. References - p. 318 35. Chapter 6: Family background, neighborhoods, and intergenerational mobility - p. 327 36. Abstract - p. 328 37. 1 Introduction - p. page328 38. 2 Family background and earnings: theoretical considerations - p. 331 39. 3 Measurement of intergenerational mobility - p. 337 40. 4 The importance of family environment and genetics - p. 345 41. 5 Effects of family environment - p. 355 42. 6 Neighborhoods and intergenerational mobility - p. 361 43. 7 Conclusion - p. 378 44. References - p. 379 45. Chapter 7: The great transition: Kuznets facts for family-economists - p. 389 46. Abstract - p. 390 47. 1 Beginning - p. 392 48. 2 Kuznets facts for family-economists - p. 391 49. 3 Setup - p. 402 50. 4 Decision problems - p. 405 51. 5 Calibrating the model to US data - p. 407 52. 6 Propelling the great transition - p. 418 53. 7 Ending - p. page427 54. References - p. 436 55. Chapter 8: An institutional perspective on the economics of the family - p. 443 56. Index - p. 500
