The economics of the family : how the household affects markets and economic growth / / Esther Redmount, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818767803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Barbara, California : , : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, , [2015]; �2015
• ISBN: 979-82-16-07743-5; 1-4408-0056-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations
• Collana: Gale eBooks
• Disciplina: 306.850973
• Soggetti: Families - Economic aspects; Households - Economic aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Volume 1; Title Page ; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction to Volume One; Chapter 1: You Say You Want a Revolution: The New and Old Economics of the Family; Chapter 2: The American Family in Numbers; Chapter 3: Families, Taxes, and the Welfare System; Chapter 4: Intergenerational Households and Proximity; Chapter 5: Going It Alone: Single-Mother Households in the United States; Chapter 6: How Economists Think about Marriage: Household Division of Labor and Marriage Markets; Chapter 7: Family Dysfunction: Domestic Violence; Chapter 8: Fertility in Developing Countries; Chapter 9: Gender Discrimination in the FamilyAbout the Editor; About the Contributors; Index; Half Title; Volume 2; Title Page ; Copyright; Contents; Introduction to Volume Two; Chapter 1: Who's in Charge Here? Decision Making in the Family; Chapter 2: The Gender Pay Gap across Countries: A Human Capital Approach ; Chapter 3: Unpaid Time Use by Gender and Family Structure; Chapter 4: Families and the Economics of Flexible Workplaces; Chapter 5: Changing Technologies of Household Production: Causes and Effects; Chapter 6: Nontraditional Families, Alternative Households; Chapter 7: Intergenerational Transfers and Caregiving within FamiliesChapter 8: Household Labor Supply and Dynamic ; Macroeconomic Analysis; About the Editor; About the Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A fascinating look at the role that households-and the dynamics of families, in particular-play in creating economic growth and social stability in modern economies and markets.