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

Heredity, Family, and Inequality : a Critique of Social Sciences / Michael Beenstock.

Empirical literature in disciplines ranging from behavioural 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. Beenstock offers theoretical and methodological tools for understa...

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Main Author: Beenstock, Michael, 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Nature and nurture > Econometric models.
Heredity.
Families.
Equality.
Social stratification.
Evolution (Biology)
Mathematical models.
social stratification.
evolution.
mathematical models.
PSYCHOLOGY > Personality.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Econometrics.
Mathematical models
Equality
Families
Heredity
Social stratification
Erziehung
Soziale Ungleichheit
Vererbung
Ökonometrisches Modell
Familie.
Vererbung.
Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung.
Entwicklungspsychologie.
Ungleichheit.
Wirtschaftspsychologie.
Erbe-Umwelt-Problem.
Erfolg.
Genetik.
Soziale Klasse.
Forschung.
Methode.
Generationengerechtigkeit.
Soziale Beziehungen.
Soziale Gruppe.
Soziale Ungleichheit.
Korrelation.
Statistische Methode.
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Summary:Empirical literature in disciplines ranging from behavioural 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. Beenstock offers theoretical and methodological tools for understanding these correlations.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 474 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0262301385
9780262301381
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262016926.001.0001
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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