The economic psychology of everyday life / Paul Webley [and others]
From childhood through to adulthood, retirement and finally death, "The Economic Psychology of Everyday Life" explores the economic problems all individuals have to solve across the course of their lives. Webley, Burgoyne, Lea and Young begin by introducing the concept of economic behaviou...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
Psychology Press,
2001.
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| Series: | International series in social psychology.
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| Summary: | From childhood through to adulthood, retirement and finally death, "The Economic Psychology of Everyday Life" explores the economic problems all individuals have to solve across the course of their lives. Webley, Burgoyne, Lea and Young begin by introducing the concept of economic behaviour and its study. They then examine the main economic issues faced at each life stage, including: the impact of advertising on children; buying a first house and setting up home; changing family roles and gender-linked inequality; redundancy and unemployment; coping on a pension; and obituaries, wills and inheritance. Finally they draw together the commonalties of economic problems across the lifespan, discuss generational and cultural changes in economic behaviour and examine the significance of other, non-economic constraints upon individuals. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (214 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203138038 0203138031 9780415188616 041518861X 9780415188609 0415188601 9781134659722 1134659725 |