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Identity economics : how our identities shape our work, wages, and well-being / George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010.Description: vi, 185 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780691146485 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0691146489 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.3 22
LOC classification:
  • HB74.P8 A4944 2010
  • HB74.P8 AK314i 2010
Other classification:
  • QB 100
  • QC 010
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Identity economics -- Identity and norms in utility -- Where we fit into today's economics -- Identity and the economics of organizations -- Identity and the economics of education -- Gender and work -- Race and minority poverty -- Identity economics and economic methodology -- Conclusion, and five ways identity changes economics.
Summary: This work bridges a critical gap in the social sciences. It brings identity and norms to economics. People's notions of what is proper, and what is forbidden, and for whom, are fundamental to how hard they work, and how they learn, spend, and save.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Identity economics -- Identity and norms in utility -- Where we fit into today's economics -- Identity and the economics of organizations -- Identity and the economics of education -- Gender and work -- Race and minority poverty -- Identity economics and economic methodology -- Conclusion, and five ways identity changes economics.

This work bridges a critical gap in the social sciences. It brings identity and norms to economics. People's notions of what is proper, and what is forbidden, and for whom, are fundamental to how hard they work, and how they learn, spend, and save.

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