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The economics of household behaviour

Peter Kooreman and Sophia Wunderink

Macmillan, 1997

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  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. 220-229

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This new text focuses upon the growing interest in the economic behaviour of households and families and examines the microeconomic behaviour of household units and their place in the macroeconomic environment. By combining a number of aspects of household behaviour the authors have produced a stimulating and innovative international text in this topical area.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- The Neo-Classical Model and Some Extensions.- Households versus Individual Economic Behaviour.- Households in their Institutional and Social Setting.- Household Labour Supply.- Household Production and Leisure Children and Household.- Expenditures Dynamic Aspects of Household.- Formation and Dissolution.- Dynamic Aspects of Household.- Consumption Dynamic Aspects of Household.- Labour Supply Investment in Human Capital and Intergenerational Transfers.- Poverty, and the Distribution of Income, Welfare and Happiness.- Appendix A Principles of Duration Models.- Appendix B The Expected Present Value of Discounted Flows.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA30380913
  • ISBN
    • 0333597354
    • 0333597362
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke, Hants.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 236 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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