Winter 2004

V. Joseph Hotz

Economics 188X

Economics of Life

Readings  Not Found at NBER or JSTOR Websites

Hotz, V. J., J. Klerman, and R. Willis (1996), “The Economics of Fertility in Developed Countries: A Survey,” in M.R. Rosenzweig and O. Stark, editors, Handbook of Population and Family Economics, North Holland, 1996.

Becker, G. (1991), “The Demand for Children,” in A Treatise on the Family, 1991.

Hotz, V. J., S. McElroy and S. Sanders (1997), “The Costs and Consequences of Teenage Childbearing for the Mothers and the Govern­ment,” in Kids having Kids: The Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy, ed. by R. Maynard, Urban Institute Press, 1997, pp. 55-94.

Edlund, L. and E. Korn (2002), “A Theory of Prostitution,” Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 110, No. 1, 181-214.

Rao, V., I. Gupta, M. Lokshin, and S. Jana (2001), “Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex: The Compensating Differential for Condom Use in Calcutta,” World Bank, January 2001.

Becker, G. (1991), “Family Background and the Opportunities of Children,” in A Treatise on the Family, 1991.

Behrman, J., R. Pollak, and P. Taubman (1995), “The Wealth Model: Efficiency in Education and Distribution in the Family,” in From Parent to Child: Intrahousehold Allocations and Intergenerational Relations in the United States by J. Behrman, R. Pollak and P. Taubman, 1995.

Currie, J. (2001), “Early Childhood Education Programs,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2001, 213-238.

Currie, J. (2000), “Child Health in Developed Countries,” in Handbook of Health Economics, J. Newhouse and A. Culyer (eds.), North-Holland, 1053-1084.

Pacula, R., M. Grossman, F. Chaloupka, P. O’Malley, L. Johnston, and M. Farrelly (2001), “Marijuana and Youth,” in Risky Behavior among Youth: An Economic Perspective, J. Gruber (ed.), 2001.

Cook, P. and M. Moore (2001), “Environment and Persistence in Youthful Drinking Problems,” in Risky Behavior among Youth: An Economic Perspective, J. Gruber (ed.), 2001.

Hao, L., V. J. Hotz, and G. Jin (2002), “Games Parents and Teens Play: Risky Behaviors, Parental Reputation, and Strategic Transfers,” Unpublished manuscript, December 2002

Weiss, Y. (1997), “The formation and dissolution of families: Why marry? Who marries whom? and what happens upon divorce,” in Handbook of Population and Family Economics, M. Rosenzweig and O. Stark (eds.).

Becker, G. (1991), “Assortative Mating in Marriage Markets,” in A Treatise on the Family, 1991.

Goldin, C. and L. Katz (2002), “The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women’s Career and Marriage Decisions,” Journal of Political Economy, 110(4), August, 730-770.

Stevenson, B. and J. Wolfers (2003), “Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: Divorce Laws and Family Distress,” Unpublished manuscript, Harvard University, November (formerly titled: “Til Death Do Us Part: Effects of Divorce Laws on Suicide, Domestic Violence and Spousal Murder”).