Beenstock, Michael, 1946-

Heredity, family, and inequality a critique of social sciences / [Book] : Michael Beenstock. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012. - viii, 474 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Empirical literature in disciplines ranging from behavioral genetics to economics shows that in virtually every aspect of life the outcomes of children are correlated to some extent with the outcomes of their parents and their siblings. In this book, the economist Michael Beenstock offers theoretical, statistical, and methodological tools for understanding these correlations.

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Nature and nurture--Econometric models.
Heredity.
Families.
Equality.
Social stratification.
Heredity.
Sociobiology.
Biological Evolution.

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