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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 0 0 3 14 2 4 13 2,886
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 1 3 15 907 10 20 61 2,876
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 2 2 4 1,008 3 5 14 2,418
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good 0 0 2 11 1 1 4 1,972
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 1 2 6 399 6 13 44 931
A Theory of Rational Addiction 1 2 11 43 5 10 34 3,776
A Theory of Social Interactions 2 2 5 4,132 14 24 50 12,503
A Theory of the Production and Allocation of Effort 1 1 2 467 1 1 4 1,403
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 1 1 2 1,604 2 3 14 4,947
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 1 1 1 8 1 2 6 2,120
Autobiography 0 0 0 95 1 2 3 213
Child Endowments, and the Quantity and Quality of Children 1 1 5 1,167 3 6 25 3,664
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1,077
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 10
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 1 605 1 3 7 2,384
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 649 2 2 4 1,613
Economics of Marital Instability 0 0 0 433 3 5 5 1,573
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 2 3 18 1,955
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 1 7 885 6 7 15 1,630
Fear and the Response to Terrorism: An Economic Analysis 0 1 12 1,226 10 14 65 3,512
Fear and the response to terrorism: an economic analysis 0 0 1 2 3 3 10 22
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 0 0 8 1,053 5 7 27 2,061
Fertility and Economy 0 0 0 1 2 3 18 1,185
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 856
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 2 16 0 1 9 1,978
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 0 1 2 3 11 1,260
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 1 29 3 6 15 151
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 0 6 2 4 18 2,205
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 2 2,599 4 7 18 5,971
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 2 1,596 3 6 11 3,469
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 1 162 2 2 4 600
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 1,174
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 1 9 0 0 5 23
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 0 2 0 2 17 1,360
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 1 16 1 6 16 1,111
Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Dead Weight Costs 0 0 0 12 1 3 9 1,247
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 1 4 19 0 4 10 1,292
Reversal of Misfortune: Parodox in Optimization Across Contingencies 0 0 0 185 0 0 2 444
Status, Lotteries, and Inequality 0 0 1 609 0 1 5 1,385
Terminal Care and The Value of Life Near Its End 0 1 2 211 0 3 9 700
The Allocation of Effort, Specific Human Capital, and Differences Between Men and Women in Earnings and Occupations 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 908
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 6 2 2 7 1,423
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 3 2 6 9 1,821
The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 1 5 1,785 1 13 27 5,221
The Economic Way of Looking at Life 0 1 7 791 4 11 33 2,581
The Effect of the State on the Family 0 0 0 5 0 4 7 404
The Family and the State 0 0 0 4 2 2 7 861
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 3 919 1 2 6 2,696
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 4 1 1 7 17
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 1 1 268 3 6 16 767
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 230 0 1 5 450
Total Working Papers 11 22 120 24,211 122 240 746 99,129


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A Comment on the Conference on Cost-Benefit Analysis 0 0 1 17 1 1 5 764
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 0 1 9 1,239 0 4 21 3,584
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 4 6 24 1,709 7 19 59 5,252
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad 3 4 19 4,005 7 13 50 19,529
A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 6 14 32 4,241 28 51 97 13,076
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 1 3 11 128 3 12 36 532
A Theory of Marriage: Part I 1 6 18 6,264 18 37 85 17,867
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 2 2 1,905 3 7 17 4,981
A Theory of Rational Addiction 4 7 39 7,418 36 73 175 28,659
A Theory of Social Interactions 3 7 20 1,926 14 34 99 5,651
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology 1 2 8 813 8 13 31 2,724
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology: Reply 0 0 2 376 1 1 5 1,146
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability 0 1 8 1,230 6 21 39 3,243
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 19 6 11 28 3,319
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility 9 18 55 1,824 33 65 149 5,283
Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children 2 2 6 783 6 13 47 2,244
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 24 50 99 4,556 95 177 355 16,066
Cross-Cultural Differences in Family and Sexual Life 0 0 0 18 1 3 5 123
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum 0 0 0 370 10 26 90 11,505
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 1 1 1 47 2 3 9 806
Education and Consumption: The Effects of Education in the Household Compared to the Marketplace 1 1 6 289 3 4 14 813
El mercado de bienes ilegales: el caso de la droga 0 0 0 205 1 2 3 821
Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness 1 2 3 205 3 5 11 877
Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 1 1 5 402 5 5 28 1,239
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 0 69 1 4 21 1,314
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 3 9 33 1,963 13 33 98 4,802
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 2 4 19 874
George Joseph Stigler. January 11,1911 - December 1,1991 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 34
George Joseph Stigler: January 17, 1911-December 1, 1991 0 0 0 97 0 1 3 463
Growing human capital investment in China compared to falling investment in the United States 1 1 2 152 3 4 7 317
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 2 63 2 3 11 212
Habits, Peers, and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective 0 0 1 260 0 1 6 695
Happiness, Income and Economic Policy 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 23
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 20
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture * 0 0 0 181 0 1 1 437
Health as human capital: synthesis and extensions -super-1 0 2 6 300 0 2 19 641
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 8 10 29 3,596 33 58 191 11,523
Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 2 6 16 1,575 4 19 64 4,475
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 1 2 13 2,296 3 10 59 6,920
Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations 2 3 3 77 8 10 17 1,014
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 21 32 62 4,292 64 110 234 10,833
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers 0 0 6 1,796 12 18 47 3,682
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection 2 4 22 1,671 9 16 67 3,633
NET NEUTRALITY AND CONSUMER WELFARE 0 1 1 32 1 3 7 128
Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior 0 10 32 2,294 10 35 99 5,628
Old-Age Longevity and Mortality-Contingent Claims 0 2 4 320 1 4 11 851
On the Economics of Capital Punishment 0 0 1 373 1 4 9 1,111
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 3 146 1 1 10 329
On the Economics of the Family: Reply to a Skeptic 0 0 0 216 0 0 1 653
On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children 5 14 46 2,861 20 40 140 7,229
On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family 0 1 1 201 1 2 12 569
Population and Economic Growth 0 1 7 1,090 1 3 19 2,846
Preference Formation within Families 0 0 0 45 2 2 7 96
Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs 1 1 6 710 5 6 20 1,481
REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE WHEN PROVIDING FOR ADVERSITY 0 0 0 11 0 0 3 117
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 1 1 9 808 2 4 19 2,119
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation: Comment 0 0 2 232 0 0 3 639
Selling the Right to Immigrate 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 144
Social Consumption: The World of Veblen Revisited 0 0 0 126 1 1 4 341
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 1 5 21 1,803 6 20 84 5,364
The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 3 22 497 6 16 76 2,931
The Equilibrium Distribution of Income and the Market for Status 0 0 2 117 1 3 13 923
The Family and the State 0 0 5 84 1 2 17 1,617
The Friedman-Becker Illusion: Reply 0 0 2 148 1 1 8 399
The Future of Law and Economics 0 1 3 97 2 5 7 238
The Manipulation of Children's Preferences, Old-Age Support, and Investment in Children's Human Capital 0 2 6 137 4 10 25 447
The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 0 302 0 0 3 630
The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 1 4 8 380 5 11 19 1,227
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 1 1 7 716 9 13 35 2,377
The economics of crime 0 0 0 0 20 60 280 10,825
The shortage of kidneys for transplant: Altruism, exchanges, opt in vs. opt out, and the market for kidneys 0 0 5 32 3 7 23 84
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation: Comment 0 0 1 19 1 1 7 791
U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs: Comments 0 0 0 34 1 2 3 222
UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 35
Una teoría de la distribución del tiempo 0 1 3 31 2 4 7 76
Unemployment in Europe and the United States 0 0 0 17 0 0 1 78
Voir La Vie De Façon Économique 1 1 1 18 1 1 4 58
Total Journal Articles 113 246 762 72,296 560 1,156 3,306 254,619
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A Treatise on the Family 0 0 0 0 52 101 359 4,931
An Economic Analysis of the Family 0 0 3 51 0 0 10 111
Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment 0 0 0 0 7 13 48 3,217
Human Capital 0 0 0 0 9 13 69 1,258
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, First Edition 0 0 0 0 281 782 1,789 4,988
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 0 0 102 255 669 9,129
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 0 0 57 128 501 19,063
The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 0 5 8 16 2,103
The Economic Approach 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 27
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior 0 0 0 0 12 25 93 2,302
The Economics of Discrimination 0 0 0 0 29 60 175 3,385
Uncommon Sense 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 149
Total Books 0 0 3 51 557 1,389 3,738 50,663


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Marriage 2 3 8 543 11 14 43 1,955
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 1 1 1 666 5 11 20 1,912
A Theory of the Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 1 3 395 6 10 19 929
Accounting for the Growth of Government 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 16
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 1 2 11 634 2 5 20 943
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 2 9 305 0 3 16 480
An Economic Analysis of Fertility 10 32 143 2,398 82 187 762 8,703
Appendix A, Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 2 4 9 125 3 5 10 207
Appendix A: Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 1 2 4 316 3 4 9 419
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 1 7 136 0 1 8 222
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 1 2 5 298 1 2 9 429
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 3 6 18 1,800 16 32 103 7,107
Human Capital Revisited 7 13 46 856 17 35 113 1,616
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 1 14 1,256 4 12 44 3,493
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 1 2 12 433 12 24 71 1,279
Interaction between Quantity and Quality of Children 2 6 12 382 15 24 69 1,046
Introduction to the First Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 2 7 28 274 7 18 53 511
Introduction to the First Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 2 8 36 698 5 14 67 1,119
Introduction to the Second Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 6 18 61 529 13 49 134 1,158
Introduction to the Second Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 4 13 50 1,165 11 36 136 2,277
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 3 6 17 116 20 40 86 572
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 1 6 26 805 6 17 59 1,641
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 4 10 45 1,914 8 20 96 3,644
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 1 7 17 610 1 10 30 1,462
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 4 7 23 1,015 4 7 30 1,566
Rates of Return from College Education 1 4 14 314 2 6 25 505
Rates of Return from College Education 1 2 9 741 3 6 19 1,226
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 0 1 6 208 0 1 7 331
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 1 2 8 453 2 4 11 638
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 1 8 26 379 2 11 37 629
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 3 10 35 869 6 16 68 1,256
Synthesis and Further Applications of the Empirical Analysis 0 0 1 76 1 2 3 118
The Allocation of Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 0 2 117 2 4 7 202
The Allocation of Time Over the Life Cycle 0 0 1 171 5 8 15 319
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 1 8 382 2 10 37 951
Underinvestment in College Education? 2 3 11 226 3 7 17 379
Underinvestment in College Education? 1 2 8 472 1 4 12 680
Working with Jacob Mincer: Reminiscences of Columbia’s Labor Workshop 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
Total Chapters 68 193 734 22,077 283 661 2,270 51,945


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