# Family and Economic Behavior

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Becker used household production, specialization, bargaining-related incentives, and investments in children to analyze marriage, fertility, and family decisions. This expanded economics' subject matter but often modeled the household as a unified decision maker, prompting feminist and institutional critiques about unequal power and unpaid care. His lasting influence lies partly in making such assumptions explicit and contestable.