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Heredity, family, and inequality : a critique of social sciences / Michael Beenstock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beenstock, Michael, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature and nurture--Econometric models.
- Nature and nurture.
- Heredity.
- Families.
- Equality.
- Social stratification.
- Econometric models.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 474 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- 1 The Apple and the Tree: Galton Revisited 1
- 2 Correlation within the Family 47
- 3 Theory: What Explains the Intergenerational and Sibling Correlations? 83
- 4 Inequality, Diversity, and Family 143
- 5 Empirical Methodology 177
- 6 Empirical Knowledge on the Causes of Correlations within the Family 223
- 7 Where Do We Go from Here? 275
- 8 Statistics 301
- 9 Parenting Theory and Child Behavior 341
- 10 Empirical Methodology 377.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780262016926
- 0262016923
- OCLC:
- 731192066
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