ISBN:
9781783472307
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (302 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Vanity Economics : An Economic Exploration of Sex, Marriage and Family
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book presents an accessible and sometimes controversial economic exploration of numerous issues surrounding sex, marriage and family. It analyzes the role of 'vanity', defined as social status and self-esteem, in social and economic behaviors. In Veblen's theory of conspicuous consumption, vanity is associated with the consumption of luxuries such as expensive handbags and cars. In this book, Simon Fan provocatively argues that vanity is obtained by having a spouse and children with perceived 'high-quality' values, for example, a beautiful wife, a tall husband or intelligent offspring. He
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; PART I Background information; 2. Vanity economics: a survey and an extension; 3. Vanity and the consumption of material goods/services; 4. Marriage markets; PART II Vanity economics of sex and marriage; 5. Vanity in romance and marriage; 6. Vanity and virginity; 7. Sexual liberation; 8. Prostitution and commercial sex; 9. Extramarital affairs; 10. Homosexuality; PART III Vanity economics and population theory; 11. Classical population theory; 12. Gary Becker, vanity economics and modern population theory
Description / Table of Contents:
13. The cost of children in population theory14. Child labour, 'working daughters' and population theory; 15. Old-age support, family protection and population theory; 16. Gender bias, gender gaps and population theory; 17. 'Conspicuous careers', overworked society, and family; 18. The value of time in consumption and population theory; 19. A 'population problem': theory and policy; PART IV Vanity, husband-wife relationships, and intergenerational relationships; 20. Vanity and divorce; 21. Development and divorce; 22. Family background and children's education
Description / Table of Contents:
23. Parental behaviours and the quality of children24. Intergenerational transfers of wealth; 25. Family, vanity and consumption puzzles; PART V Vanity and inter-family relationships; 26. Vanity and social interactions; 27. Vanity, family and migration; 28. Epilogue; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
