5. The Demand for Children

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the Enlarged Edition ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Single-Person Households 20
6. 2. Division of Labor in Households and Families 30 Supplement: Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 30
7. 3. Polygamy and Monogamy in Marriage Markets 80
8. 4. Assortative Mating in Marriage Markets 108
9. 5. The Demand for Children 135
10. 6. Family Background and the Opportunities of Children 179
11. 7. Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility 201
12. 8. Altruism in the Family 277
13. 9. Families in Nonhuman Species 307
14. 10. Imperfect Information, Marriage, and Divorce 324
15. 11. The Evolution of the Family 342
16. Bibliography 383
17. Index 411