Heredity, Family, and Inequality : a Critique of Social Sciences / Michael Beenstock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beenstock, Michael, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature and nurture--Econometric models.

Nature and nurture.

Heredity.

Families.

Equality.

Social stratification.

Econometric models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 474 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2012]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Empirical literature in disciplines ranging from behavioural 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. Beenstock offers theoretical and methodological tools for understanding these correlations.

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:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0262301385

9780262301381

OCLC:

774956292

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.