Michael Beenstock

Heredity, Family, and Inequality: A Critique of Social Sciences

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Produktbeschreibung

Empirical literature in disciplines ranging from behavioral genetics to economics shows that in virtually every aspect of life the outcomes of children are correlated to a greater or lesser extent with the outcomes of their parents and their siblings. In Heredity, Family, and Inequality, the economist Michael Beenstock offers theoretical, statistical, and methodological tools for understanding these correlations. Beenstock presents a comprehensive survey of intergenerational and sibling correlations for a broad range of outcomes--including fertility and longevity, intelligence and education, income and consumption, and deviancy and religiosity. He then offers a critique of the sometimes conflicting explanations for these correlations proposed by social scientists from such disciplines as developmental psychology, sociology, and economics. Beenstocks goal is not to argue for either nature or nurture but to suggest more rigorous ways to assess the diverse contributions to this lively debate.

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Produktdetails

• Mit Press
• Verlag: MIT Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 482
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 782g
• ISBN-13: 9780262016926
• ISBN-10: 0262016923
• Artikelnr.: 34553882

Autorenporträt

Michael Beenstock is Professor of Economics at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.