Akerlof / Kranton Identity Economics

How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3418-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten

George A. Akerlof, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, is the Koshland Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the coauthor, with Robert Shiller, of Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism (Princeton). Rachel E. Kranton is professor of economics at Duke University.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akerlof, George A.

Kranton, Rachel E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Mikroökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: Economics and Identity

ONE: Introduction 3

CHAPTER TWO: Identity Economics 9

CHAPTER THREE: Identity and Norms in Utility 17

POSTSCRIPT TO CHAPTER THREE A Rosetta Stone 21

CHAPTER FOUR: Where We Fit into Today's Economics 27

PART TWO: Work and School

CHAPTER FIVE: Identity and the Economics of Organizations 39

CHAPTER SIX: Identity and the Economics of Education 61

PART THREE: Gender and Race

CHAPTER SEVEN: Gender and Work 83

CHAPTER EIGHT: Race and Minority Poverty 97

PART FOUR: Looking Ahead

CHAPTER NINE: Identity Economics and Economic Methodology 113

CHAPTER TEN: Conclusion, and Five Ways Identity Changes

Economics 121

Acknowledgments 131

Notes 135

References 153

Index 173

Über Autor(innen)

George A. Akerlof, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, is the Koshland Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the coauthor, with Robert Shiller, of Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism (Princeton). Rachel E. Kranton is professor of economics at Duke University.