This new text focuses upon the growing interest in the economic behaviour of households and families and examines the microeconomic behaviour of household units

Significant recent changes in the structure and composition of households make the study of the economic relationships within the household of particular intere

The text surveys the entire field of the modern economics of the household.

This book provides a comprehensive, modern, and self-contained account of the research in the growing area of family economics. It is intended for graduate stud