section 1. Why queer economics? -- section 2. Barriers to the study of queer economics -- section 3. Queer demography -- section 4. Queer political economy -- section 5. Queer economic history -- section 6. Queer labor economics -- section 7. Queer consumer economics -- section 8. Queer urban...

In pre-modern societies the residence of a newly-wedded couple is often decided by custom. We formulate a theory of optimal post-marital residence rules based on contracting problems created by the nature of pre-marriage human capital investments. We argue that a fixed post-marital residence...