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A Treatise on the Family
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Gary S. Becker
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9780674020665
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December 31 1991
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February 02 2021
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10.4159/9780674020665
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Book chapters
pp. i
Frontmatter
pp. ix
Preface to the Enlarged Edition
pp. vii
Contents
pp. 1
Introduction
pp. 20
1. Single-Person Households
pp. 30
2. Division of Labor in Households and Families 30 Supplement: Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor
pp. 80
3. Polygamy and Monogamy in Marriage Markets
pp. 108
4. Assortative Mating in Marriage Markets
pp. 135
5. The Demand for Children
pp. 179
6. Family Background and the Opportunities of Children
pp. 201
7. Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility
pp. 277
8. Altruism in the Family
pp. 307
9. Families in Nonhuman Species
pp. 324
10. Imperfect Information, Marriage, and Divorce
pp. 342
11. The Evolution of the Family
pp. 383
Bibliography
pp. 411
Index
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