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A General Equilibrium Model of 'Efficient' Unions 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 2 2 4 13 2 3 11 2,876
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 1 1 2 1,005 3 3 9 2,407
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 2 2 10 894 8 19 50 2,834
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good 1 1 3 10 1 1 3 1,969
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 0 0 19 393 6 15 55 902
A Theory of Rational Addiction 2 6 14 38 3 12 37 3,754
A Theory of Social Interactions 0 0 8 4,127 1 9 58 12,462
A Theory of the Production and Allocation of Effort 0 0 4 465 1 2 10 1,401
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 1 1 1,603 1 4 11 4,937
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 2,114
Autobiography 0 0 2 95 1 1 3 211
Child Endowments, and the Quantity and Quality of Children 1 2 6 1,164 5 9 32 3,648
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1,076
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 7
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 649 0 0 1 1,609
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 3 604 1 1 6 2,378
Economics of Marital Instability 0 0 2 433 0 0 3 1,568
Erosion Control: Costs and Income Distribution Under Regulation, Tax and Subsidy 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10
FERTILITY CHOICE IN A MODEL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 0 0 0 1 1 8 34 1,945
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 2 4 15 882 3 5 19 1,620
Fear and the Response to Terrorism: An Economic Analysis 2 7 35 1,221 5 20 91 3,467
Fear and the response to terrorism: an economic analysis 0 0 1 1 1 4 16 16
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 1 2 19 1,047 1 4 35 2,038
Fertility and Economy 0 0 0 1 3 7 15 1,174
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 850
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 1,251
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 3 14 1 2 36 1,971
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 4 28 2 2 17 138
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 0 6 5 8 158 2,195
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 5 2,597 2 3 20 5,956
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 1 1 4 1,595 1 2 12 3,460
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 1 161 1 1 2 597
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 1,171
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 7 8 0 1 9 19
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 0 2 1 4 16 1,347
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 5 15 0 4 13 1,099
Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Dead Weight Costs 0 0 1 12 1 1 2 1,239
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 1 1 8 16 1 2 16 1,284
Reversal of Misfortune: Parodox in Optimization Across Contingencies 0 0 2 185 0 0 4 442
Status, Lotteries, and Inequality 0 1 6 609 1 2 7 1,382
Terminal Care and The Value of Life Near Its End 0 0 3 209 0 2 12 693
The Allocation of Effort, Specific Human Capital, and Differences Between Men and Women in Earnings and Occupations 0 0 0 0 1 3 11 904
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 1,813
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 4 6 1 1 12 1,417
The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 1 2 9 1,782 1 4 32 5,198
The Economic Way of Looking at Life 2 4 20 788 5 13 48 2,561
The Effect of the State on the Family 0 0 1 5 1 1 3 398
The Family and the State 0 0 0 4 2 2 4 856
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 3 4 0 1 5 11
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 1 3 7 919 1 4 18 2,694
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 229 0 0 1 445
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 2 267 2 4 21 755
Total Working Papers 20 40 245 24,131 79 199 999 98,582


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A Comment on the Conference on Cost-Benefit Analysis 0 0 3 16 2 3 6 762
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 0 3 17 1,233 0 6 43 3,569
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 2 7 20 1,692 6 17 64 5,210
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad 0 4 29 3,990 1 9 69 19,488
A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 5 38 4,214 2 16 104 12,995
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 3 4 14 121 6 12 39 508
A Theory of Marriage: Part I 2 5 28 6,251 11 27 91 17,809
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 0 7 1,903 3 4 24 4,968
A Theory of Rational Addiction 6 17 68 7,396 11 42 183 28,526
A Theory of Social Interactions 2 5 20 1,911 7 23 83 5,575
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology 1 3 17 808 2 9 42 2,702
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology: Reply 0 2 4 376 0 2 5 1,143
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability 2 3 23 1,225 3 6 48 3,210
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 19 3 9 31 3,300
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility 5 14 50 1,783 11 33 134 5,167
Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children 1 1 2 778 6 13 34 2,210
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 3 14 56 4,471 17 55 280 15,766
Cross-Cultural Differences in Family and Sexual Life 0 0 0 18 0 2 4 120
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum 0 0 0 370 8 27 119 11,442
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 2 46 0 2 15 799
Education and Consumption: The Effects of Education in the Household Compared to the Marketplace 1 2 6 285 1 6 18 805
El mercado de bienes ilegales: el caso de la droga 0 0 3 205 0 0 4 818
Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness 0 0 5 202 1 1 17 867
Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 2 7 399 1 6 33 1,217
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 0 69 1 4 26 1,297
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 3 7 34 1,937 5 16 105 4,720
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 1 7 21 862
George Joseph Stigler. January 11,1911 - December 1,1991 1 1 1 5 1 2 2 34
George Joseph Stigler: January 17, 1911-December 1, 1991 0 0 2 97 0 0 2 460
Growing human capital investment in China compared to falling investment in the United States 0 0 2 150 1 1 7 311
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 11 61 0 4 27 205
Habits, Peers, and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective 0 1 3 260 0 2 6 691
Happiness, Income and Economic Policy 0 0 1 8 1 1 2 23
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 18
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture * 0 0 1 181 0 0 1 436
Health as human capital: synthesis and extensions -super-1 1 2 8 296 2 4 20 626
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 1 7 56 3,574 13 49 256 11,381
Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 0 2 11 1,561 3 12 66 4,423
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 3 7 39 2,290 15 26 122 6,887
Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations 0 0 2 74 2 3 11 1,000
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 0 9 58 4,239 13 44 225 10,643
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers 1 2 20 1,792 2 10 56 3,645
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection 3 7 36 1,656 10 24 92 3,590
NET NEUTRALITY AND CONSUMER WELFARE 0 0 2 31 1 2 6 123
Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior 7 10 55 2,272 11 28 130 5,557
Old-Age Longevity and Mortality-Contingent Claims 0 1 2 317 0 3 12 843
On the Economics of Capital Punishment 0 0 6 372 0 0 11 1,102
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 1 1 144 2 4 7 323
On the Economics of the Family: Reply to a Skeptic 0 0 2 216 0 1 5 653
On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children 2 9 59 2,824 11 32 171 7,121
On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family 0 0 10 200 3 4 24 561
Population and Economic Growth 1 4 10 1,087 2 8 29 2,835
Preference Formation within Families 0 0 6 45 1 3 12 92
Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs 3 4 13 708 4 6 23 1,467
REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE WHEN PROVIDING FOR ADVERSITY 0 0 0 11 2 2 2 116
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 2 4 13 803 4 7 22 2,107
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation: Comment 1 1 3 231 2 2 6 638
Selling the Right to Immigrate 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 143
Social Consumption: The World of Veblen Revisited 0 0 2 126 2 2 6 339
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 3 6 29 1,788 14 30 126 5,310
The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 1 5 30 480 4 21 87 2,876
The Equilibrium Distribution of Income and the Market for Status 0 1 7 116 0 4 16 914
The Family and the State 2 2 5 81 3 5 18 1,605
The Friedman-Becker Illusion: Reply 0 0 1 146 0 1 9 392
The Future of Law and Economics 0 0 3 94 0 0 7 231
The Manipulation of Children's Preferences, Old-Age Support, and Investment in Children's Human Capital 1 1 11 132 3 6 34 428
The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 3 302 0 0 4 627
The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 1 5 373 0 1 21 1,209
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 1 4 7 713 4 15 39 2,357
The economics of crime 0 0 0 0 30 92 428 10,637
The shortage of kidneys for transplant: Altruism, exchanges, opt in vs. opt out, and the market for kidneys 1 2 13 29 1 5 29 66
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation: Comment 0 0 0 18 1 1 3 785
U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs: Comments 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 219
UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 35
Una teoría de la distribución del tiempo 0 0 2 28 0 0 4 69
Unemployment in Europe and the United States 0 0 0 17 0 1 1 78
Voir La Vie De Façon Économique 0 0 3 17 0 0 7 54
Total Journal Articles 66 192 1,007 71,726 278 827 3,842 252,140
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A Treatise on the Family 0 0 0 0 27 94 414 4,666
An Economic Analysis of the Family 0 0 5 48 0 1 10 102
Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment 0 0 0 0 5 9 33 3,178
Human Capital 0 0 0 0 4 36 144 1,225
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, First Edition 0 0 0 0 102 264 1,832 3,463
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 0 0 56 155 718 8,615
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 0 0 64 141 504 18,703
The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 2,091
The Economic Approach 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior 0 0 0 0 7 21 81 2,230
The Economics of Discrimination 0 0 0 0 15 46 184 3,256
Uncommon Sense 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 147
Total Books 0 0 5 48 280 772 3,942 47,697


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Marriage 0 1 14 536 1 10 47 1,922
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 0 5 665 1 3 22 1,895
A Theory of the Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 1 7 393 1 3 12 913
Accounting for the Growth of Government 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 14
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 1 9 297 1 5 14 469
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 0 13 623 1 2 17 925
An Economic Analysis of Fertility 17 46 149 2,301 56 184 679 8,125
Appendix A, Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 1 6 117 0 1 7 198
Appendix A: Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 4 312 1 1 6 411
Appendix B, Mathematical Discussion of Relation between Age, Earnings, and Wealth, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 2 9 131 0 2 10 216
Appendix B: Mathematical Discussion of Relation between Age, Earnings, and Wealth, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 4 293 1 1 5 421
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 1 5 18 1,787 10 27 93 7,031
Human Capital Revisited 2 9 61 819 4 17 101 1,520
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 3 5 18 1,247 6 14 51 3,463
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 2 14 423 5 17 62 1,225
Interaction between Quantity and Quality of Children 0 2 21 372 5 20 70 997
Introduction to the First Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 3 7 21 253 4 13 38 471
Introduction to the First Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 6 8 29 670 8 15 41 1,067
Introduction to the Second Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 7 16 42 484 19 36 99 1,060
Introduction to the Second Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 5 9 40 1,124 16 32 96 2,173
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 2 3 14 102 4 11 72 497
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 3 5 47 784 5 12 86 1,594
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 4 6 51 1,875 7 18 123 3,566
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 2 4 26 597 3 9 47 1,441
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 3 4 20 996 4 8 35 1,544
Rates of Return from College Education 0 1 14 301 1 4 22 484
Rates of Return from College Education 0 0 14 732 0 1 25 1,208
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 1 1 6 446 1 1 7 628
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 0 0 6 202 0 1 14 325
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 3 6 20 359 6 12 36 604
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 6 9 26 843 11 20 47 1,208
Synthesis and Further Applications of the Empirical Analysis 0 1 3 76 0 1 3 116
The Allocation of Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 2 4 117 0 3 6 198
The Allocation of Time Over the Life Cycle 0 1 4 171 0 2 7 306
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 1 9 375 3 8 39 922
Underinvestment in College Education? 0 1 10 465 1 2 14 670
Underinvestment in College Education? 1 2 11 217 1 4 15 366
Working with Jacob Mincer: Reminiscences of Columbia’s Labor Workshop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Total Chapters 69 162 769 21,505 188 521 2,070 50,196


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