Handbook of the Economics of the Family

The economics behind changing families and evolving gender roles

Shelly Lundberg (Volume editor), Alessandra Voena (Volume editor)

9780323899659, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 28 March 2023

534 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 1 kg

Handbook of the Economics of the Family, Volume One includes comprehensive surveys of the current state of the economics literaure in the field, prepared by leading scholars, with a particular empahsis on the most recent developments in each area. Chapters cover Culture and the family; Mating markets; Household decisions and intra-household distributions; The economics of fertility: a new era; Families, labor markets, and policy; Family background, neighborhoods, and intergenerational mobility; The great transition: Kuznets facts for family-economists; An institutional perspective on the economics of the family.

1. Culture and the family Natalie Bau and Raquel Fernández 2. Mating markets Pierre-André Chiappori and Bernard Salanié 3. Household decisions and intra-household distributions Ingvild Almås, Orazio Attanasio, and Pedro Carneiro 4. The economics of fertility: a new era Matthias Doepke, Anne Hannusch, Fabian Kindermann, and Michèle Tertilt 5. Families, labor markets, and policy Stefania Albanesi, Claudia Olivetti, and Barbara Petrongolo 6. Family background, neighborhoods, and intergenerational mobility Magne Mogstad and Gaute Torsvik 7. The great transition: Kuznets facts for family-economists Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner, and Ricardo Marto 8. An institutional perspective on the economics of the family Siwan Anderson and Chris Bidner

Subject Areas: Econometrics [KCH]