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A General Equilibrium Model of 'Efficient' Unions 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 18
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 0 0 2 16 3 11 35 2,916
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 1 8 909 2 23 118 2,968
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 0 2 1,008 1 15 27 2,439
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good 0 0 1 12 0 1 8 1,979
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 0 2 7 403 5 31 70 985
A Theory of Rational Addiction 0 3 13 53 4 18 69 3,830
A Theory of Social Interactions 1 1 5 4,135 2 16 73 12,548
A Theory of the Production and Allocation of Effort 0 0 3 469 0 3 8 1,410
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 1 8 0 7 25 2,143
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 2 1,605 0 11 30 4,972
Autobiography 0 1 1 96 0 1 3 214
Child Endowments, and the Quantity and Quality of Children 1 1 5 1,170 1 18 44 3,700
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 1,081
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 1 606 1 2 17 2,397
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 649 0 0 8 1,618
Economics of Marital Instability 0 1 1 434 1 4 13 1,581
Erosion Control: Costs and Income Distribution Under Regulation, Tax and Subsidy 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 16
FERTILITY CHOICE IN A MODEL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 0 0 0 1 3 13 28 1,979
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 1 885 1 2 16 1,639
Fear and the Response to Terrorism: An Economic Analysis 0 4 19 1,242 3 16 87 3,573
Fear and the response to terrorism: an economic analysis 0 1 1 3 0 4 17 35
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 1 2 11 1,062 2 14 42 2,092
Fertility and Economy 0 0 0 1 1 8 24 1,203
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 1 2 13 863
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 2 17 2 4 21 1,996
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 0 1 1 3 20 1,275
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 0 6 6 18 29 2,230
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 4 32 4 7 34 174
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 2 2 3 2,602 4 17 32 5,995
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 0 1,596 1 10 23 3,486
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 162 0 3 8 606
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 1,179
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 2 11 0 2 16 38
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 3 3 19 2 7 25 1,129
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 0 2 0 2 15 1,371
Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Dead Weight Costs 0 0 1 13 0 3 14 1,255
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 1 3 21 0 3 21 1,309
Reversal of Misfortune: Parodox in Optimization Across Contingencies 0 0 0 185 2 3 10 452
Status, Lotteries, and Inequality 0 0 0 609 0 3 15 1,399
Terminal Care and The Value of Life Near Its End 1 1 3 213 1 8 21 716
The Allocation of Effort, Specific Human Capital, and Differences Between Men and Women in Earnings and Occupations 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 913
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 3 1 6 22 1,836
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 6 1 2 10 1,431
The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 1 4 1,787 3 13 51 5,255
The Economic Way of Looking at Life 0 3 9 798 3 16 53 2,620
The Effect of the State on the Family 0 0 0 5 1 4 13 413
The Family and the State 0 0 0 4 0 4 12 869
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 919 0 10 20 2,714
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 4 1 6 18 32
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 268 2 6 21 782
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 0 230 0 1 8 455
Total Working Papers 6 28 120 24,295 67 388 1,336 100,140


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A Comment on the Conference on Cost-Benefit Analysis 0 0 0 17 0 1 5 768
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 3 4 11 1,247 11 24 61 3,634
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 1 4 18 1,720 4 21 90 5,316
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad 4 6 18 4,014 9 18 66 19,570
A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 3 8 34 4,259 8 37 144 13,157
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 0 2 11 133 3 14 50 562
A Theory of Marriage: Part I 3 10 36 6,294 11 35 140 17,964
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 1 1 6 1,909 1 8 25 4,998
A Theory of Rational Addiction 5 11 56 7,463 16 59 268 28,842
A Theory of Social Interactions 1 8 26 1,942 6 36 125 5,729
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology 0 1 15 824 4 11 50 2,757
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology: Reply 0 0 2 378 0 4 12 1,157
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability 4 7 10 1,238 4 20 58 3,276
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 19 0 17 45 3,351
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility 5 19 65 1,862 17 81 222 5,420
Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children 0 1 5 785 1 19 58 2,277
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 5 28 140 4,640 28 142 622 16,474
Cross-Cultural Differences in Family and Sexual Life 0 0 0 18 0 11 22 142
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum 0 0 0 370 13 37 109 11,581
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 1 3 49 1 6 25 826
Education and Consumption: The Effects of Education in the Household Compared to the Marketplace 0 1 3 291 0 8 18 827
El mercado de bienes ilegales: el caso de la droga 0 0 0 205 0 1 12 830
Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness 0 0 4 207 1 3 26 896
Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 1 3 404 1 4 28 1,256
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 0 69 0 3 21 1,329
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 0 7 29 1,979 5 24 117 4,868
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 886
George Joseph Stigler. January 11,1911 - December 1,1991 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 37
George Joseph Stigler: January 17, 1911-December 1, 1991 0 0 1 98 0 4 13 473
Growing human capital investment in China compared to falling investment in the United States 0 0 3 154 0 2 11 324
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 2 65 0 0 10 219
Habits, Peers, and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective 0 0 0 260 0 2 48 741
Happiness, Income and Economic Policy 0 0 0 8 0 2 7 30
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 23
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture * 0 0 0 181 0 1 4 440
Health as human capital: synthesis and extensions -super-1 0 0 3 301 1 3 19 656
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 2 8 37 3,620 12 47 199 11,645
Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 4 8 20 1,587 11 22 75 4,521
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 1 16 2,309 0 15 69 6,973
Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations 0 1 6 80 4 10 62 1,064
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 5 17 85 4,337 18 82 325 11,021
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers 2 3 12 1,806 3 15 68 3,726
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection 3 8 23 1,686 16 36 95 3,700
NET NEUTRALITY AND CONSUMER WELFARE 0 0 3 34 0 2 14 138
Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior 1 3 23 2,305 8 21 104 5,687
Old-Age Longevity and Mortality-Contingent Claims 0 1 4 322 0 5 21 865
On the Economics of Capital Punishment 0 4 10 382 1 14 32 1,138
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 1 147 0 0 7 334
On the Economics of the Family: Reply to a Skeptic 0 0 0 216 0 0 7 660
On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children 1 11 44 2,886 15 66 182 7,354
On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family 0 0 4 204 0 1 17 581
Population and Economic Growth 0 1 3 1,091 1 4 16 2,857
Preference Formation within Families 0 0 1 46 1 2 9 103
Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs 0 0 2 711 1 3 30 1,500
REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE WHEN PROVIDING FOR ADVERSITY 0 0 0 11 0 2 9 125
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 1 1 4 811 3 7 21 2,136
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation: Comment 0 0 0 232 0 1 4 643
Selling the Right to Immigrate 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 150
Social Consumption: The World of Veblen Revisited 0 0 1 127 0 0 2 342
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 2 4 17 1,809 9 25 87 5,418
The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 8 22 510 3 20 76 2,979
The Equilibrium Distribution of Income and the Market for Status 0 0 2 119 2 5 25 942
The Family and the State 0 0 2 84 0 2 17 1,628
The Friedman-Becker Illusion: Reply 1 1 2 150 1 2 9 406
The Future of Law and Economics 0 0 2 98 1 2 12 245
The Manipulation of Children's Preferences, Old-Age Support, and Investment in Children's Human Capital 0 2 7 141 0 8 43 477
The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 0 302 0 2 8 636
The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 1 1 10 384 1 8 40 1,252
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 1 4 719 1 23 62 2,424
The economics of crime 0 0 0 0 2 10 147 10,886
The shortage of kidneys for transplant: Altruism, exchanges, opt in vs. opt out, and the market for kidneys 0 1 5 36 0 10 31 106
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation: Comment 0 0 3 22 0 1 11 800
U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs: Comments 0 0 0 34 0 3 8 227
UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 37
Una teoría de la distribución del tiempo 0 1 4 34 2 5 14 85
Unemployment in Europe and the United States 0 0 0 17 0 0 1 79
Voir La Vie De Façon Économique 0 0 1 18 0 3 11 65
Total Journal Articles 58 206 884 72,844 261 1,153 4,538 257,591
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Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Treatise on the Family 0 0 0 0 45 171 469 5,263
An Economic Analysis of the Family 0 1 4 54 3 10 22 132
Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment 0 0 0 0 2 14 56 3,248
Human Capital 0 0 0 0 5 20 57 1,296
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, First Edition 0 0 0 0 222 756 2,937 6,828
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 0 0 56 148 771 9,533
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 0 0 65 160 617 19,493
The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 0 1 9 35 2,129
The Economic Approach 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 33
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior 0 0 0 0 6 29 135 2,399
The Economics of Discrimination 0 0 0 0 8 52 249 3,548
Uncommon Sense 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 164
Total Books 0 1 4 54 413 1,377 5,374 54,066


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Marriage 2 4 10 550 10 19 67 2,004
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 0 4 669 4 17 47 1,945
A Theory of the Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 1 3 397 7 14 34 951
Accounting for the Growth of Government 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 21
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 1 4 13 641 1 6 23 956
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 1 7 306 1 3 18 490
An Economic Analysis of Fertility 10 36 148 2,492 69 206 802 9,203
Appendix A, Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 1 8 126 0 7 23 222
Appendix A: Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 2 9 322 0 3 17 429
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 0 3 136 0 0 10 228
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 3 12 306 0 5 20 443
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 3 16 37 1,828 22 95 234 7,294
Human Capital Revisited 4 13 50 884 13 33 144 1,705
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 2 3 9 1,261 6 25 70 3,543
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 7 435 2 16 82 1,326
Interaction between Quantity and Quality of Children 2 4 16 392 3 17 74 1,087
Introduction to the First Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 1 3 29 289 1 6 61 544
Introduction to the First Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 3 10 33 718 4 17 67 1,165
Introduction to the Second Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 6 12 49 551 13 28 139 1,230
Introduction to the Second Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 5 13 55 1,196 13 36 154 2,373
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 5 18 34 142 46 81 169 690
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 4 12 51 1,944 6 26 111 3,713
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 0 6 28 822 5 25 94 1,708
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 1 4 19 618 2 15 50 1,495
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 3 6 27 1,031 4 15 49 1,603
Rates of Return from College Education 1 5 17 754 3 11 34 1,250
Rates of Return from College Education 2 2 12 318 3 5 27 521
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 1 3 9 459 2 5 16 649
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 0 1 8 212 0 1 18 345
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 2 3 22 388 2 4 42 654
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 4 11 43 895 4 17 75 1,303
Synthesis and Further Applications of the Empirical Analysis 0 0 0 76 0 2 9 125
The Allocation of Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 1 1 118 0 2 14 212
The Allocation of Time Over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 171 0 7 30 338
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 1 2 8 386 6 20 69 1,003
Underinvestment in College Education? 0 0 8 227 0 1 17 385
Underinvestment in College Education? 1 3 9 478 1 4 19 694
Working with Jacob Mincer: Reminiscences of Columbia’s Labor Workshop 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 12
Total Chapters 64 203 798 22,538 253 797 2,945 53,859


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