The economic psychology of everyday life

214 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; An Introduction to Economic Psychology; How Can We Study the Economic Psychology of Everyday Life?; Psychology, Economics and the Economic Psychology of Everyday Life; The Early Years The Economic Problems of Childhood; Children and Commerce An Uneasy Relationship; The 'Wherewithal'; The Broader Picture; Summary and Conclusions; Becoming an Economic Adult; A First Job; A First Income; First Purchases; Discussion; Economic Behaviour in the Family; The Family as a Dynamic System; The Central Importance of Gender

Future Research ProblemsNew Problems in the Future; Economic Behaviour in Maturity; Individual Differences and Economic Behaviour; Buying: The Mature Consumer; Work and Unemployment; Discussion; The Golden Years? Economic Behaviour in Retirement; The Retirement Event; The State of Retirement; Economic Activity After Retirement; Frailty; Reconstructing the Past; Economic Life After Death; Concluding Remarks; Afterword; The New Millennium and the Postmodern Consumer; The Future of Economic Psychology; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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