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The Economic Psychology of Everyday Life

by Carole B. Burgoyne, Stephen E. G. Lea, Paul Webley, Brian M. Young. 214 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Carole B. Burgoyne, Stephen E. G. Lea, Paul Webley, Brian M. Young

Publisher:

   Psychology Press

Place of Publication:

  Philadelphia  

Publication Year:

  2001
Subjects:   Consumers, Economics--Psychological Aspects
Table of contents
Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
1 An Introduction to Economic Psychology 1
What is Economic Behaviour? 1
Approaches to Economic Behaviour 1
How Can We Study the Economic Psychology of Everyday Life? 13
Psychology, Economics and the Economic Psychology of Everyday Life 18
2 The Early Years - The Economic Problems of Childhood 20
Economic Socialisation 20
Children and Commerce - An Uneasy Relationship 21
The ‘Wherewithal’ 32
The Broader Picture 39
Summary and Conclusions 41
3 Becoming an Economic Adult 44
Four Paths to Economic Independence 44
A First Job 49
A First Income 65
First Purchases 68
Discussion 73
4 Economic Behaviour in the Family 75
Introduction 75
The Family as a Dynamic System 77
The Central Importance of Gender 79
Future Research Problems 93
New Problems in the Future 96
5 Economic Behaviour in Maturity 99
Expectations 99
Individual Differences and Economic Behaviour 107
Buying: The Mature Consumer 114
Work and Unemployment 119
Discussion 125
6 The Golden Years? Economic Behaviour in Retirement 126
Introduction: The Economic Nature of Old Age 126
The Retirement Event 129
The State of Retirement 132
Economic Activity After Retirement 135
Frailty 143
Reconstructing the Past 146
Economic Life After Death 147
Concluding Remarks 150
7 Afterword 152
Some Conclusions 152
The New Millennium and the Postmodern Consumer 154
The Future of Economic Psychology 159
References 162
Author Index 201
Subject Index 213
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