Cheung, Becker and Marriage
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Lixin Colin Xu
Abstract
Steve Cheung has been a pioneer in the research of marriage using economic approach. In this paper, I shall describe his influence on marriage research in general and on my career in particular. Since Gary Becker had exerted a parallel influence, I will also discuss his impact as well.
Acknowledgement
I’m grateful to Fali Huang and Ginger Jin for collaboration on related topics. I have benefited from comments of the participants of the conference to celebrate Steve Cheung’s 80th birthday in Shenzhen on November 21–22, 2015.
I have also benefited from comments and help by Ginger Jin, Zhangkai Huang, Lixing Li, Suchun Ma, Xiaoting Mai, Huihua Nie, Chen Rong, Bo Sun, Xiaozu Wang, Dali Yang, and many members of the China Coase WeChat Group.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Original Articles
- Steven N.S. Cheung’s Reminiscence of Himself – A Reply to Ning Wang
- China’s Challenge: Expanding the Market, Limiting the State
- Steve Cheung in Seattle, 1969–1982
- Steve Cheung as Teacher
- Steven Cheung at Chicago, 1968
- Seeing Things with Your Own Eyes: Steven Cheung’s Example for Economists
- Steven Cheung and Coasian Economics: A Personal Reflection
- Cheung, Becker and Marriage
- Economic Explanation: From Sharecropping to the Sharing Economy
- The Assembly of Rents
- Contract Matters: An Explanation of China’s Recent Economic History
- The Contractual Nature of the City
- Wisdom of the Past
- Benjamin Constant on Law and Government
- Market for ideas
- On Human and Natural Economies Interview Geerat J. Vermeij, by Grégoire Canlorbe
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Original Articles
- Steven N.S. Cheung’s Reminiscence of Himself – A Reply to Ning Wang
- China’s Challenge: Expanding the Market, Limiting the State
- Steve Cheung in Seattle, 1969–1982
- Steve Cheung as Teacher
- Steven Cheung at Chicago, 1968
- Seeing Things with Your Own Eyes: Steven Cheung’s Example for Economists
- Steven Cheung and Coasian Economics: A Personal Reflection
- Cheung, Becker and Marriage
- Economic Explanation: From Sharecropping to the Sharing Economy
- The Assembly of Rents
- Contract Matters: An Explanation of China’s Recent Economic History
- The Contractual Nature of the City
- Wisdom of the Past
- Benjamin Constant on Law and Government
- Market for ideas
- On Human and Natural Economies Interview Geerat J. Vermeij, by Grégoire Canlorbe
