Handbook of the Economics of the Family Volume One highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics including An Institutional Perspective on the Economics of the Family The Family as a Social Institution Mating Markets Household Decisions and Intrahousehold Distributions The Economics of Fertility A New Era Families Markets and the State Family Background Neighborhoods and Intergenerational Mobility and The Great Transition Kuznets Facts for FamilyEconomists. Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors Presents the latest release in the Handbook of the Economics of the Family series