Economics of the Family: Marriage, Children, and Human Capital

Theodore W. Schultz

Economics of the Family: Marriage, Children, and Human Capital

Theodore W. Schultz , editor

Published Date January 1974

ISBN 0226740854

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press

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2019. Economics of the Family: Marriage, Children, and Human Capital. University of Chicago Press. https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/economics-family-marriage-children-and-human-capital.

Front matter to "Economics of the Family: Marriage, Children, and Human Capital"

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Chapter 1: Fertility and Economic Values

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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

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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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