The Economic Organization of the Household (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521801416)

Surveying the field of the economics of the household, the second edition of this text reviews the theory of the consumer at the intermediate undergraduate level. It applies and extends it to consumer demand and expenditures, consumption and saving, time allocation among market work, home work, and leisure, human capital emphasizing investment in education, children and health, fertility, marriage, and divorce. Influenced by Gary Becker and his associates, the models developed are used to help explain modern U.S. trends in family behavior. Topics are discussed with the aid of geometry and a little algebra.

Author: W. Keith Bryant, Cathleen D. Zick
ISBN-10: 0521801419
ISBN-13: 9780521801416
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/19/2005
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d