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- catalog abstract "How do parents allocate human capital among their children? To what extent do parental decisions about resource allocation determine children's eventual economic success? The analyses in From Parent to Child explore these questions by developing and testing a model in which the earnings of children with different genetic endowments respond differently to investments in their human capital. Behrman, Pollak, and Taubman use this model to investigate issues such as parental bias in resource allocations based on gender or birth order, the extent of intergenerational mobility in income, earnings, and schooling in the United States, the relative importance of environmental and genetic factors in determining variations in schooling; and whether parents' distributions offset the intended effects of government programs designed to subsidize children. In allocating scarce resources, parents face a trade-off between equity and efficiency, between the competing desires to equalize the wealth of their children and to maximize the sum of their earnings. Building critically on the seminal work of Gary Becker, From Parent to Child integrates careful modeling of household behavior with systematic empirical testing, and will appeal to anyone interested in the economics of the family.".
- catalog contributor b7985537.
- catalog contributor b7985538.
- catalog contributor b7985539.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "1. Parental Preferences and Provision for Progeny / Jere R. Behrman, Robert A. Pollak and Paul Taubman -- 2. Family Resources, Family Size, and Access to Financing for College Education / Jere R. Behrman, Robert A. Pollak and Paul Taubman -- 3. Do Parents Favor Boys? / Jere R. Behrman, Robert A. Pollak and Paul Taubman -- 4. Birth Order, Schooling, and Earnings / Jere R. Behrman and Paul Taubman -- 5. The Wealth Model: Efficiency in Education and Distribution in the Family / Jere R. Behrman, Robert A. Pollak and Paul Taubman -- 6. A Transaction Cost Approach to Families and Households / Robert A. Pollak -- 7. Tied Transfers and Paternalistic Preferences / Robert A. Pollak -- 8. Is Child Schooling a Poor Proxy for Child Quality? / Jere R. Behrman -- 9. Schooling and Other Human Capital Investments: Can the Effects Be Identified? / Jere R. Behrman.".
- catalog description "How do parents allocate human capital among their children? To what extent do parental decisions about resource allocation determine children's eventual economic success? The analyses in From Parent to Child explore these questions by developing and testing a model in which the earnings of children with different genetic endowments respond differently to investments in their human capital. Behrman, Pollak, and Taubman use this model to investigate issues such as parental bias in resource allocations based on gender or birth order, the extent of intergenerational mobility in income, earnings, and schooling in the United States, the relative importance of environmental and genetic factors in determining variations in schooling; and whether parents' distributions offset the intended effects of government programs designed to subsidize children.".
- catalog description "In allocating scarce resources, parents face a trade-off between equity and efficiency, between the competing desires to equalize the wealth of their children and to maximize the sum of their earnings. Building critically on the seminal work of Gary Becker, From Parent to Child integrates careful modeling of household behavior with systematic empirical testing, and will appeal to anyone interested in the economics of the family.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-302) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "viii, 313 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226041565 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0226041573 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Population and development (Chicago, Ill.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Population and development".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "306.87 20".
- catalog subject "Education Economic aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Families Economic aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "HQ536 .B43 1995".
- catalog subject "Intergenerational relations United States.".
- catalog subject "Nature and nurture.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Parental Preferences and Provision for Progeny / Jere R. Behrman, Robert A. Pollak and Paul Taubman -- 2. Family Resources, Family Size, and Access to Financing for College Education / Jere R. Behrman, Robert A. Pollak and Paul Taubman -- 3. Do Parents Favor Boys? / Jere R. Behrman, Robert A. Pollak and Paul Taubman -- 4. Birth Order, Schooling, and Earnings / Jere R. Behrman and Paul Taubman -- 5. The Wealth Model: Efficiency in Education and Distribution in the Family / Jere R. Behrman, Robert A. Pollak and Paul Taubman -- 6. A Transaction Cost Approach to Families and Households / Robert A. Pollak -- 7. Tied Transfers and Paternalistic Preferences / Robert A. Pollak -- 8. Is Child Schooling a Poor Proxy for Child Quality? / Jere R. Behrman -- 9. Schooling and Other Human Capital Investments: Can the Effects Be Identified? / Jere R. Behrman.".
- catalog title "From parent to child : intrahousehold allocations and intergenerational relations in the United States / Jere R. Behrman, Robert A. Pollak, and Paul Taubman.".
- catalog type "text".