Family Economics and Public Policy, 1800s-Present How Laws, Incentives, and Social Programs Drive Family Decision-Making and the US Economy /

• Main Author: Way, Megan McDonald (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in American Economic History,
• Subjects: Economic history.; America-Economic conditions.; Social policy.; Culture-Economic aspects.; Economic History.; North American Economics.; Children, Youth and Family Policy.; Cultural Economics.

This book explores family economic decision-making in the United States from the nineteenth century through present day, specifically looking at the relationship between family resource allocation decisions and government policy. It examines how families have responded to incentives and constraints...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Public Policy and Family Economics in US History
• 2. Families: Economic Functions and Decision-Making
• 3. The Path of US Fertility: Micro Decisions with Macro Consequences
• 4. Private and Public Investments in Children: Creating the Human Capital to Meet US Economic Needs
• 5. Labor Force Participation and Home Production: Evolving Rights, Roles, and Opportunities for Women and Men
• 6. The Economics of Changing Family Structures: The Public Interest in Marriage and Family Formation
• 7. Intergenerational Economics: Public and Family Support for Retirees in US History and Looking Forward
• 8. Family Economics, Public Policy, and Inequality: Diverging Family Fortunes and the Risk to the US Economy.