Parentonomics: An Economist Dad Looks at Parenting

by Joshua Gans

Book Overview

What every parent needs to know about negotiating, incentives, outsourcing, and other strategies to solve the economic management problem that is parenting. Like any new parent, Joshua Gans felt joy mixed with anxiety upon the birth of his first child. Who was this blanket-swaddled small person and what did she want? Unlike most parents, however, Gans is an economist, and he began to apply the tools of his trade to raising his children. He saw his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262012782
• ISBN13: 9780262012782
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 5.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher