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Household and Family Economics

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Paul L. Menchik

    1. Michigan State University, USA

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Part of the book series: Recent Economic Thought (RETH, volume 51)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Overview

    • Paul L. Menchik
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Roles of the Family in the Formation of Offsprings’ Earnings and Income Capacity

    • Paul Taubman
    Pages 5-40

  4. Discussion of “The Roles of the Family in the Formation of Offspring’s Earnings and Income Capacity”

    • Gary Solon
    Pages 41-45

  5. Explaining Intergenerational Transfers

    • James B. Davies
    Pages 47-82

  6. Comment on James Davies’, “Explaining Intergenerational Transfers”

    • Donald Cox
    Pages 83-90

  7. A Review of Recent Developments in the Economics of Fertility

    • Diane J. Macunovich
    Pages 91-150

  8. Fertility and Fertility Research: Where are They Going? A Comment on the Macunovich Paper

    • Richard A. Easterlin
    Pages 151-157

  9. Family Labor Market Incentives: Men and Women Working for Pay

    • Solomon W. Polachek, W. Stanley Siebert
    Pages 159-194

  10. Comments on “Family Labor Market Incentives: Men and Women Working for Pay”

    • John R. Wolfe
    Pages 195-200

  11. Income Tax Treatment of the Family

    • Jane G. Gravelle
    Pages 201-214

  12. Comment on Jane Gravelle, “Income Tax Treatment of the Family”

    • Harvey S. Rosen
    Pages 215-218

  13. Early Education of Children in Families and Schools

    • Frank P. Stafford
    Pages 219-245

  14. Comment on Stafford, “Early Education of Children by Families and Schools”

    • Daniel S. Hamermesh
    Pages 247-249

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 251-260
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About this book

This volume is a compilation of essays by prominent economists in the area of household and family economics. The volume attempts to cover some areas in the field and focuses on topics such as income determination and the intergenerational transmission of income generation, the changing role of women in the labor force, fertility, and income tax treatment of the family. Each essay is followed by a discussion of part, or all, of its contents.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Michigan State University, USA

    Paul L. Menchik

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Household and Family Economics

  • Editors: Paul L. Menchik

  • Series Title: Recent Economic Thought

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5384-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9654-3Published: 31 December 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6264-0Published: 24 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5384-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-199X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 260

  • Topics: Microeconomics, History of Economic Thought/Methodology

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