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

by Michael Beenstock

An economist critiques nature versus nurture hypotheses from behavioral genetics, developmental psychology, sociology, and economics.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262016923
• ISBN13: 9780262016926
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher