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No evidence is found on how the diffusion of antihypertensive drugs favors the better educated over educationally disadvantaged groups. The diffusion of antihypertensive agents is used to examine the effects of new medical technologies in exacerbating differences in health by socioeconomic status.

Policy makers rely on stated preference methods to promote values such as improvement in air and water quality. The benefits from the costs on such social measures are not perceivable immediately. A study analyzing the role of social isolation in stated preferences methods is presented.

Data on adoptee is used to identify the casual effect from being adopted into a high-socioeconomic-status (SES) family versus a lower -SES family. A range of outcomes including educational attainment, marital status, test scores and the selectivity of college attended is presented.

The socioeconomic factors and parenting style are very important determinants of child behavior. Observed parenting behavior is influenced both by stress in the parents life and by the child behavior.

A study was conducted to analyze the relationship between socioeconomic status and low birth weight. The interactive effects of socioeconomic status and low birth weight were examined. Data from the British National Child Development Survey were utilized to carry out the analysis. Results indicated that high socioeconomic status mitigate the effects of low birth weight on female health status.

An analysis of unilateral divorce effects on overall divorce rates reveals that divorce rates would have been 6% lower had states not adopted unilateral divorce laws. The study also reveals that unilateral divorce accounted for 17 of all divorces between 1968 and 1988 and that there are a number of other factors responsible for raising divorce rates in the US. The study concludes that controlling for no-fault divorce can lower divorce rates in the US.

An analysis of decreased social security participation in the United Kingdom reveals that the relatively low demand for unskilled labor and the generous incentive plans available have contributed to the decline. The study also shows that significant increases in pension wealth and the generous treatment of early retirement have had a significant positive effect on early retirement.

An analysis of the effects of retirement on social security participation reveals that there is a strong relationship between available benefits and social security participation across countries. The study points out that the social security practice of giving generous benefits to young retirees and penalizing labor earning beyond retirement age contribute to decreased participation.

Feminist economics is designed to improve the economic condition of women, and it also helps to improve economic policy and theory by encouraging economists to conduct more empirical research. Feminist economics holds that many economic theories are outdated as a result of being developed during eras of sexism. One principle of feminist economics is that life experiences, culture, and social position affect the development of theories and policies.

Methodological individualism refers to how individual decisions affect the economy. Economists can explain economic theories in terms of social categories, not just in terms of individuals. In fact, social categories are essential in economic analysis. One important social category used in economic analysis is technical information in the economy. Social variables, such as technical information and knowledge, are important in analyzing the economy and other social systems.

Walras connected his writings illustrating the interdependence of many markets in equilibrium with socioeconomics, which is not dissociated from pure theory. An examination of his writings shows this view from three perspectives. A social philosophy is often present in Walras' economic studies. He believed that no single explanation could account for economic problems, and so methodology was treated with 'false' models. His theory of marginal utility is related to the economic behavior of man.