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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Ermisch provides a well-written introduction to how economists analyze families that will be useful to students, economists and other social scientists, and policymakers. He devotes more attention than do previous books to interesting analysis of issues related to household formation and social context, and he more rigorously integrates recent developments, both theoretical and empirical, in this area of expanding scholarship."
—Jere R. Behrman, University of Pennsylvania"This is a good book, carefully written and a pleasure to read. It covers all aspects of family economics, with a particular emphasis on demographic issues, and conveys the main ideas of the existing literature in a clear, articulate, interesting manner. It should meet the needs of many students."
—Pierre André Chiappori, University of Chicago"Well written and well organized, this book is particularly strong on issues relating to the intra-household allocation of resources—an area that has seen important research in recent years—and relations among members of non-intact families. It will be widely adopted as a very useful teaching text."
—Alessandro Cigno, University of FlorenceTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*CHAPTER ONE. Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER TWO. Conflict and Cooperation in the Family: Intra-Household Allocation, pg. 21*CHAPTER THREE. Altruism in the Family, pg. 51*CHAPTER FOUR. Home Production and Investment, pg. 74*CHAPTER FIVE. Investments in and Financial Transfers to Children, pg. 86*CHAPTER SIX. Economic Theories of Fertility, pg. 109*CHAPTER SEVEN. Matching in the Marriage Market, pg. 137*CHAPTER EIGHT. When Forever Is No More: Divorce and Child Support, pg. 169*CHAPTER NINE. Non-Altruistic Family Transfers, pg. 195*CHAPTER TEN. Household Formation, pg. 218*CHAPTER ELEVEN. Social Interaction, pg. 238*Bibliography, pg. 255*Index, pg. 263
