This is an excerpt from the 4-volume dictionary of economics, a reference book which aims to define the subject of economics today. 1300 subject entries in the complete work cover the broad themes of economic theory. This extract concentrates on social economics.

Ageing Populations; R.L.Clark - Crime and Punishment; I.Ehrlich - Declining Population; R.Barlow - Demographic Transition; A.J.Coale - Discrimination; P.Mueser - Distributive Justice; E.S.Phelps - Domestic Labour; S.Himmelweit - Entitlements; H.Steiner - Envy; P.J.Hammond - Equality; J.S.Coleman - Extended Family; O.Harris - Family; G.S.Becker - Fertility; R.A.Easterlin - Full Employment; G.D.N.Worswick - Gender; F.D.Blau - Gifts; C.A.Gregory - Health Economics; V.R.Fuchs - Household Production; R.A.Berk - Human Capital; S.Rosen - Inequality; E.O.Wright - Inequality between the Sexes; E.Boserup - Inheritance; J.Goody - Justice; A.K.Sen - Labour Market Discrimination; I.Bruegel - Leisure; G.C.Winston - Occupational Segregation; M.H.Strober - Poverty; A.B.Atkinson - Race and Economics; H.Stanback - Rent Control; K.Klappholz - Segmented Labour Markets; G.C.Cain - Social Security; L.J.Kotlikoff - Trade Unions; E.H.Phelps Brown - Urban Economics; P.Mieszkowski - Value of Life; T.C.Schelling - Welfare State; I.Gough - Women's Wages; J.Rubery