Economic Psychology of Everyday Life Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
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
3	Becoming an Economic Adult	44
	Four Paths to Economic Independence	44
	A First Job	49
	A First Income	65
	First Purchases	68
4	Economic Behaviour in the Family	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
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
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