| Description |
584 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Fertility and economic values / Theodore W. Schultz -- Economic theory of fertility behavior / Robert J. Willis. Comment / Norman B. Ryder -- Interaction between quantity and quality of children / Gary S. Becker and H. Gregg Lewis -- Child quality and the demand for children / Dennis N. De Tray. Comment / Orley Ashenfelter -- Education and the derived demand for children / Robert T. Michael. Comment / Margaret G. Reid -- Economics of the size of North Carolina rural families / Bruce Gardner. Comment / Glen G. Gain -- Economic analysis of fertility in Israel / Yoram Ben-Porath. Comment / H. Gregg Lewis -- Economics of postwar fertility in Japan / Masanori Hashimoto. Comment / Gary R. Saxonhouse -- Birth rate changes over space and time : a study of Taiwan / T. Paul Schultz. Comment / James Tobin -- A theory of marriage / Gary S. Becker. Comment : the economics of nonmonetary variables / William J. Goode -- The U.S. marriage market / Alan Freiden. Comment / T. Dudley Wallace -- Benefits of women's education within marriage / Lee Benham. Comment / Finis Welch -- Family investments in human capital : earnings of women / Jacob Mincer and Solomon Polacheck. Comment / Otis Dudley Duncan -- Home investments in children / Arleen Leibowitz. Comment / Frank P. Stafford -- The effect of children on the housewife's value of time / Reuben Gronau. Comment / Robert E. Hall -- Effects of child-care programs on women's work effort / James J. Heckman. Comment / Sherwin Rosen -- Toward a new theory of population and economic growth / Marc Nerlove. Comment / Zvi Griliches |
| Summary |
Contains papers presented at two conferences held in June 1972 and June 1973, sponsored by NBER and the Population Council.First published as supplements to the Journal of political economy, 1973-1974.Includes index. Bibliography: p. 549-567 |
| Analysis |
Family -- Congresses |
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Family size -- Economic aspects -- Congresses |
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Fertility, Human -- Economic aspects -- Congresses |
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Marriage -- Congresses |
| Notes |
Contains papers presented at two conferences held in June 1972 and June 1973, sponsored by NBER and the Population Council |
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First published as supplements to the Journal of political economy, 1973-1974 |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 549-567 |
| Subject |
Families -- Congresses.
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Families.
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Family size -- Economic aspects.
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Fertility, Human -- Economic aspects -- Congresses.
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Family size -- Economic aspects -- Congresses.
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Fertility, Human -- Economic aspects.
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Marriage -- Congresses.
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Marriage.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Schultz, Theodore W. (Theodore William), 1902-1998.
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National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Population Council.
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| LC no. |
73081484 |
| ISBN |
0226740854 |
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