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

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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.
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Sociology
ECONOMICS/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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
ISBN:0262301385
9780262301381
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262016926.001.0001