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A Treatise on the Family: Enlarged Edition
Gary S. Becker
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Description for A Treatise on the Family: Enlarged Edition
Paperback. Gary Becker sees the family as a kind of little factory - a multiperson unit producing meals, health, skills, children and self-esteem from market goods and the time, skills, and knowledge of its members. Gary Becker won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Economics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 746.
Imagine each family as a kind of little factory—a multiperson unit producing meals, health, skills, children, and self-esteem from market goods and the time, skills, and knowledge of its members. This is only one of the remarkable concepts explored by Gary S. Becker in his landmark work on the family. Becker applies economic theory to the most sensitive and fateful personal decisions, such as choosing a spouse or having children. He uses the basic economic assumptions of maximizing behavior, stable preferences, arid equilibria in explicit or implicit markets to analyze the allocation of time to child care as well as ... Read more
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Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Weight
745g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674906990
SKU
V9780674906990
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About Gary S. Becker
Gary S. Becker was University Professor of Economics and Sociology at the University of Chicago. In 1992, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Reviews for A Treatise on the Family: Enlarged Edition
Becker dazzles the reader… To challenge us collectively to think about what we could not yet explain was Gary Becker’s gift to us in the original edition of A Treatise on the Family. The new edition is a reminder that we still have far to go.
Debra Friedman
Contemporary Sociology
The most important book on the family ... Read more
Debra Friedman
Contemporary Sociology
The most important book on the family ... Read more