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Economics of the Family: Marriage, Children, and Human Capital
Theodore W. Schultz
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Published Date
January 1974
Copyright
1974
ISBN
0-226-74085-4
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University of Chicago Press
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Table of Contents
Front matter to "Economics of the Family: Marriage, Children, and Human Capital"
Author(s):
Chapter 1:
Fertility and Economic Values
Author(s):
(p. 3-22)
Chapter 2:
Economic Theory of Fertility Behavior
Author(s):
Robert J. Willis
(p. 25-80)
Chapter 3:
Interaction between Quantity and Quality of Children
Author(s):
Gary S. Becker
&
H. Gregg Lewis
(p. 81-90)
Chapter 4:
Child Quality and the Demand for Children
Author(s):
(p. 91-119)
Chapter 5:
Education and the Derived Demand for Children
Author(s):
(p. 120-159)
Chapter 6:
Economics of the Size of North Carolina Rural Families
Author(s):
(p. 160-188)
Chapter 7:
Economic Analysis of Fertility in Israel
Author(s):
Yoram Ben-Porath
(p. 189-224)
Chapter 8:
Economics of Postwar Fertility in Japan
Author(s):
(p. 225-254)
Chapter 9:
Birth Rate Changes over Space and Time: A Study of Taiwan
Author(s):
(p. 255-296)
Chapter 10:
A Theory of Marriage
Author(s):
Gary S. Becker
(p. 299-351)
Chapter 11:
The U.S. Marriage Market
Author(s):
Alan Freiden
(p. 352-374)
Chapter 12:
Benefits of Women's Education within Marriage
Author(s):
(p. 375-394)
Chapter 13:
Family Investments in Human Capital: Earnings of Women
Author(s):
(p. 397-431)
Chapter 14:
Home Investments in Children
Author(s):
(p. 432-456)
Chapter 15:
The Effect of Children on the Housewife's Value of Time
Author(s):
(p. 457-490)
Chapter 16:
Effects of Child-Care Programs on Women's Work Effort
Author(s):
(p. 491-524)
Chapter 17:
Toward a New Theory of Population and Economic Growth
Author(s):
(p. 527-548)
References and Index to "Economics of the Family: Marriage, Children, and Human Capital"
Author(s):
(p. 549-584)
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