Frontiers of family economics. Vol. 1

Over the past several decades there have been substantial changes in the size, composition, educational level, work activity, and locational choice of families. The aim of this book series is to provide a better understanding of the forces that have led to the choices and consequent observed changes...

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Other Authors Rupert, Peter, 1952-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2008.
SeriesFrontiers of family economics.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849505420
ISSN1574-0129
DOI10.1016/S1574-0129(2008)1
Physical Description1 online resource (vi, 270 p.).

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Table of Contents:
  • Origins and consequences of child-labor restrictions : a macroeconomic perspective / Matthias Doepke, Dirk Krueger
  • Changes in the distribution of family hours worked since 1950 / Ellen R. McGrattan, Richard Rogerson
  • The labor market and female crime / Bryan Engelhardt, Guillaume Rocheteau, Peter Rupert
  • An economic history of fertility in the United States : 1826-1960 / Larry E. Jones, Michéle Tertilt
  • Families and careers / Gueorgui Kambourov, Iourii Manovskii, Irina A. Telyukova
  • Filling the poverty gap, then and now / James P. Ziliak.