Research Catalog

Title

Economics of the family / Martin Browning, University of Oxford, Pierre-André Chiappori, Columbia University, Yoram Weiss, Tel Aviv University.

Author

Browning, Martin

Publication

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chiappori, Pierre-André
• Weiss, Yoram

Description

xxi, 486 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"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"--

Series Statement

Cambridge surveys of economic literature

Uniform Title

Cambridge surveys of economic literature.

Subject

• Families > Economic aspects
• Households > Economic aspects
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics
• Haushaltsökonomie
• Familienökonomie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Part I. Models of Household Behavior: 1. Facts; 2. The gains from marriage; 3. Preferences and decision making; 4. The collective model: a formal analysis; 5. Empirical issues for the collective model; 6. Uncertainty and dynamics in the collective model -- Part II. Equilibrium Models of the Marriage Market: 7. Matching on the marriage market: theory; 8. Sharing the gains from marriage; 9. Investment in schooling and the marriage market; 10. An equilibrium model of marriage, fertility, and divorce; 11. Children and family structure.

Call Number

JFE 15-4821

ISBN

• 9780521791595 (hardback)
• 0521791596 (hardback)
• 9780521795395 (paperback)
• 0521795397 (paperback)

LCCN

• 2013035742
• 40023929809

OCLC

858610738

Author

Browning, Martin, author.

Title

Economics of the family / Martin Browning, University of Oxford, Pierre-André Chiappori, Columbia University, Yoram Weiss, Tel Aviv University.

Publisher

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge surveys of economic literature

Cambridge surveys of economic literature.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Chiappori, Pierre-André, author.

Weiss, Yoram, author.

Other Standard Identifier

40023929809

Research Call Number

JFE 15-4821