Household Economic Behaviors

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Molina, J. A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: International Series on Consumer Science
• Subjects: Psychology.; Economics.; Management science.; Sociology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Sociology, general.; Economics, general.

For decades, the traditional model of household economic behavior assumed a nuclear family and a standardized structure. But recent seismic shifts in family composition (e.g., childless, cohabiting, blended) and in the ways family members shop, save, and work are bringing challenges to the unitary m...