Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Exhibits; Preface; Note to Instructors; Acknowledgments; 1 Patterns of Desire: Why You Want What You Want; Introduction; What You Want; A Minor Digression; Patterns of Variation; Two Theories of Satisfaction; Conclusion; 2 Patterns of Opportunity: Why You Get What You Get; Introduction; People's Beliefs About Inequality; Exclusion; Disability; Decoupling; Scarcity; A Brief Discussion of the Poor; Conclusion; 3 Education: What You Want and What You Get; Introduction; The Promise of Education; Who Gets a Postsecondary Education?
The Returns on a Postsecondary EducationConclusion; 4 Career Choices: What You Want and What You Get; Introduction; The Future Job Market; Three Ways of Guessing the Future; Job Satisfaction; Conclusion; 5 Single or Married: What You Want and What You Get; Introduction; Who Will You Marry?; The Changing Qualities of a Relationship; Divorce; Remarriage; Conclusion; 6 Childless or Parent: What You Want and What You Get; Introduction; Populations and Birthrates; Why People Choose Parenthood; Consequences of Parenthood; Balancing Parenthood and Employment; Individual and Collective Solutions
Conclusion7 Locations and Lifestyles: What You Want and What You Get; Introduction; Lifestyles; Locations; Location and Lifestyle; Location and Satisfaction; Conclusion; 8 What You Want and Get: Closing the Gap; Recapitulation; Individual Solutions; Group Remedies; Linking Individual and Group Remedies; Conclusion; References; About the Book and Authors; Index
