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Family economics
About: Family economics is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 240 publications have been published within this topic receiving 15082 citations.
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01 Jan 1981
TL;DR: The Enlarged Edition as mentioned in this paper provides an overview of the evolution of the family and the state Bibliography Index. But it does not discuss the relationship between fertility and the division of labor in families.
Abstract: Preface to the Enlarged Edition Introduction 1. Single-Person Households 2. Division of Labor in Households and Families Supplement: Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 3. Polygamy and Monogamy in Marriage Markets 4. Assortative Mating in Marriage Markets 5. The Demand for Children Supplement: A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 6. Family Background and the Opportunities of Children 7. Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility Supplement: Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 8. Altruism in the Family 9. Families in Nonhuman Species 10. Imperfect Information, Marriage, and Divorce 11. The Evolution of the Family Supplement: The Family and the State Bibliography Index
9,096 citations
Posted Content•
TL;DR: In this article, the authors define family ties relevant to migration decisions and explain their effects on the probability of migration, on consequent changes in employment and earnings of family members, as well as on family integrity itself.
Abstract: This paper joins a few very recent attempts to analyze migration in the awareness of the family context. In contrast to most of them, my focus is exclusively on the family context. The paper defines family ties relevant to migration decisions and explains their effects on the probability of migration, on consequent changes in employment and earnings of family members, as well as on family integrity itself. Hopefully, the paper provides material for a missing chapter on family economics as well as an addition to the economics of labor supply arid of human capital formation.
1,465 citations
Journal Article•
TL;DR: A survey of theories of the family can be found in this article, where Rosenzweig et al. discuss the formation and dissolution of families: Why marry? Who marries whom? and what happens upon divorce.
Abstract: Volume 1A: Introduction: Population and family economics (M.R. Rosenzweig, O. Stark). The Family. A survey of theories of the family (T.C. Bergstrom). The formation and dissolution of families: Why marry? Who marries whom? and what happens upon divorce (Y. Weiss). Intrahousehold distribution and the family (J.R. Behrman). Intergenerational and interhousehold economic links (J. Laitner). Fertility. The cost of children and the use of demographic variables in consumer demand (B.M.S. van Praag, M.F. Warnaar). The economics of fertility in developed countries (V.J. Hotz, J.A. Klerman and R.J. Willis). Demand for children in low income countries (T.P. Schultz). Mortality and Health. New findings on secular trends in nutrition and mortality: Some implications for population theory (R.W. Fogel). Determinants and consequences of the mortality and health of infants and children (K.I. Wolpin). Mortality and morbidity among adults and the elderly (R. Sickles, P. Taubman). Complete Index. Volume 1B: Migration. Internal migration in developed countries (M.J. Greenwood). Internal migration in developing countries (R.E.B. Lucas). Economic impact of international migration and the economic performance of migrants (R.J. LaLonde, R.H. Topel). International migration and international trade (A. Razin, E. Sadka). Aging, Demographic Composition and the Economy. The economics of individual aging (M.D. Hurd). The economics of population aging (D.N. Weil). Demographic variables and income inequality (D. Lam). Aggregrate Population Change and Economic Growth. Population dynamics: Equilibrium, disequilibrium, and consequences of fluctuations (R.D. Lee). Growth models with endogenous population: A general framework (M. Nerlove, L.K. Raut). Long-term consequences of population growth: Technological change, natural resources, and the environment (J.A. Robinson, T.N. Srinivasan). Complete Index.
324 citations
Posted Content•
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the contributions of the field of family economics to macroeconomic analysis, focusing on family behavior as an active endogenous factor that both affects and is affected by the evolution of the economy.
Abstract: In this 1987 presidential address to the American Economic Association the author explores the contributions of the field of family economics to macroeconomic analysis. The focus is on family behavior as an active endogenous factor that both affects and is affected by the evolution of the economy. "Much of the time is spent on long-term economic growth although I also discuss short and long cycles in economic activity and the interaction between overlapping generations through Social Security transmission of inequality and in other ways....Many conclusions in these and presumably other macro areas change radically when family choices get the attention they deserve." (EXCERPT)
277 citations
TL;DR: The American family has changed radically in recent decades as discussed by the authors and there is an ongoing effort to understand partnering, parenting, and care of the elderly as results of maximizing choices made by individuals.
Abstract: Gary Becker's path-breaking Treatise on the Family (1981) subjected individuals' decisions about sex, marriage, childbearing, and childrearing to rational choice analysis The American family has changed radically in recent decades; we survey these changes as well as the ongoing effort to understand partnering, parenting, and care of the elderly as results of maximizing choices made by individuals First, we describe the recent changes in the American family: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households; converging work and education patterns for men and women; class divergence in partnering and parenting strategies; and the replacement of family functions and home production by government programs and market transactions Second, we examine recent work in family economics that attempts to explain these changes Third, we point out some challenging areas for further analysis and highlight issues of commitment in two primary family relationships: those b
221 citations