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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 2 14 32 2,913
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 0 2 1,008 1 16 27 2,438
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 1 8 909 9 38 119 2,966
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good 0 0 1 12 0 1 8 1,979
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 1 2 7 403 12 34 69 980
A Theory of Rational Addiction 2 4 14 53 5 23 67 3,826
A Theory of Social Interactions 0 0 5 4,134 2 22 72 12,546
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 2 1,605 1 15 32 4,972
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 1 8 0 8 26 2,143
Autobiography 1 1 1 96 1 1 3 214
Child Endowments, and the Quantity and Quality of Children 0 0 4 1,169 2 26 44 3,699
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 1,081
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 1 606 0 3 16 2,396
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 649 0 2 8 1,618
Economics of Marital Instability 0 1 1 434 0 4 12 1,580
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 2 13 25 1,976
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 2 885 0 3 16 1,638
Fear and the Response to Terrorism: An Economic Analysis 0 7 20 1,242 3 23 90 3,570
Fear and the response to terrorism: an economic analysis 0 1 1 3 1 6 17 35
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 0 4 11 1,061 2 20 46 2,090
Fertility and Economy 0 0 0 1 3 12 24 1,202
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 862
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 0 1 1 5 19 1,274
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 2 17 1 3 20 1,994
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 0 6 3 14 24 2,224
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 4 32 1 5 30 170
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 0 1,596 1 9 22 3,485
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 1 1 2,600 1 15 30 5,991
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 162 1 3 8 606
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 2 2 2 7 1,179
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 2 11 0 5 17 38
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 2 3 3 19 2 5 24 1,127
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 0 2 0 2 16 1,371
Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Dead Weight Costs 0 0 1 13 1 3 14 1,255
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 1 3 21 1 5 22 1,309
Reversal of Misfortune: Parodox in Optimization Across Contingencies 0 0 0 185 0 1 8 450
Status, Lotteries, and Inequality 0 0 0 609 0 4 15 1,399
Terminal Care and The Value of Life Near Its End 0 0 3 212 0 8 21 715
The Allocation of Effort, Specific Human Capital, and Differences Between Men and Women in Earnings and Occupations 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 912
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 3 3 7 21 1,835
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 6 0 1 10 1,430
The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 1 1 5 1,787 5 14 50 5,252
The Economic Way of Looking at Life 1 4 9 798 3 19 51 2,617
The Effect of the State on the Family 0 0 0 5 1 3 12 412
The Family and the State 0 0 0 4 2 4 12 869
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 919 0 11 20 2,714
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 4 1 5 17 31
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 268 2 4 21 780
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 230 0 1 9 455
Total Working Papers 8 31 122 24,289 79 451 1,314 100,073


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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 0 2 8 1,244 6 19 50 3,623
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 2 4 18 1,719 6 25 89 5,312
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad 2 3 15 4,010 5 11 59 19,561
A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 3 6 34 4,256 8 34 141 13,149
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 0 4 12 133 3 18 48 559
A Theory of Marriage: Part I 3 13 35 6,291 8 42 132 17,953
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 0 5 1,908 1 9 24 4,997
A Theory of Rational Addiction 4 21 54 7,458 21 89 262 28,826
A Theory of Social Interactions 3 8 27 1,941 10 39 130 5,723
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology 1 5 15 824 5 16 47 2,753
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology: Reply 0 0 2 378 3 5 12 1,157
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability 2 3 7 1,234 6 21 56 3,272
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 19 1 20 47 3,351
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility 10 24 63 1,857 23 81 212 5,403
Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children 0 1 7 785 1 21 60 2,276
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 15 37 145 4,635 65 185 618 16,446
Cross-Cultural Differences in Family and Sexual Life 0 0 0 18 4 14 22 142
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum 0 0 0 370 12 35 103 11,568
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 1 3 49 2 7 24 825
Education and Consumption: The Effects of Education in the Household Compared to the Marketplace 1 1 3 291 2 9 18 827
El mercado de bienes ilegales: el caso de la droga 0 0 0 205 0 3 12 830
Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness 0 0 4 207 1 4 25 895
Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 1 1 3 404 2 5 29 1,255
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 0 69 2 5 22 1,329
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 1 10 33 1,979 5 35 123 4,863
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 2 5 21 886
George Joseph Stigler. January 11,1911 - December 1,1991 0 0 0 5 1 3 3 37
George Joseph Stigler: January 17, 1911-December 1, 1991 0 0 1 98 1 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 1 10 219
Habits, Peers, and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective 0 0 0 260 0 4 49 741
Happiness, Income and Economic Policy 0 0 0 8 0 3 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 0 3 20 655
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 4 11 38 3,618 12 52 206 11,633
Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 3 5 19 1,583 5 15 70 4,510
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 7 17 2,309 5 30 75 6,973
Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations 0 1 6 80 2 18 59 1,060
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 4 22 85 4,332 25 90 325 11,003
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers 1 4 10 1,804 3 20 67 3,723
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection 3 9 20 1,683 7 33 82 3,684
NET NEUTRALITY AND CONSUMER WELFARE 0 1 3 34 0 3 15 138
Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior 0 5 22 2,304 5 26 97 5,679
Old-Age Longevity and Mortality-Contingent Claims 1 2 4 322 2 6 21 865
On the Economics of Capital Punishment 3 4 10 382 3 14 33 1,137
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 1 147 0 0 9 334
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 5 16 48 2,885 23 73 180 7,339
On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family 0 0 4 204 1 2 17 581
Population and Economic Growth 0 1 4 1,091 0 4 16 2,856
Preference Formation within Families 0 1 1 46 1 3 8 102
Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs 0 0 2 711 0 4 30 1,499
REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE WHEN PROVIDING FOR ADVERSITY 0 0 0 11 0 3 9 125
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 0 3 810 3 4 18 2,133
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 1 5 7 150
Social Consumption: The World of Veblen Revisited 0 0 1 127 0 0 3 342
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 3 15 1,807 8 30 84 5,409
The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 5 8 24 510 7 20 82 2,976
The Equilibrium Distribution of Income and the Market for Status 0 1 3 119 2 4 25 940
The Family and the State 0 0 3 84 1 2 19 1,628
The Friedman-Becker Illusion: Reply 0 0 1 149 0 1 8 405
The Future of Law and Economics 0 0 2 98 0 1 11 244
The Manipulation of Children's Preferences, Old-Age Support, and Investment in Children's Human Capital 1 2 7 141 4 14 45 477
The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 0 302 0 2 9 636
The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 2 9 383 1 11 39 1,251
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 2 4 719 4 27 61 2,423
The economics of crime 0 0 0 0 1 11 162 10,884
The shortage of kidneys for transplant: Altruism, exchanges, opt in vs. opt out, and the market for kidneys 1 2 5 36 2 12 31 106
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation: Comment 0 1 4 22 0 2 13 800
U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs: Comments 0 0 0 34 1 3 8 227
UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 37
Una teoría de la distribución del tiempo 0 1 5 34 1 4 13 83
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 1 3 11 65
Total Journal Articles 79 255 883 72,786 338 1,333 4,495 257,330
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Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Treatise on the Family 0 0 0 0 56 176 458 5,218
An Economic Analysis of the Family 1 2 5 54 3 8 20 129
Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment 0 0 0 0 6 17 54 3,246
Human Capital 0 0 0 0 8 22 59 1,291
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, First Edition 0 0 0 0 261 828 2,833 6,606
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 0 0 51 161 772 9,477
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 0 0 46 184 585 19,428
The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 0 1 9 34 2,128
The Economic Approach 0 0 0 0 2 4 11 33
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior 0 0 0 0 10 39 137 2,393
The Economics of Discrimination 0 0 0 0 23 72 249 3,540
Uncommon Sense 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 164
Total Books 1 2 5 54 467 1,526 5,228 53,653


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Marriage 0 3 10 548 3 16 62 1,994
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 1 4 669 2 18 43 1,941
A Theory of the Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle 1 1 3 397 4 8 27 944
Accounting for the Growth of Government 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 21
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 1 1 8 306 2 3 18 489
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 3 4 14 640 3 6 24 955
An Economic Analysis of Fertility 12 42 155 2,482 73 214 826 9,134
Appendix A, Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 1 8 126 1 7 23 222
Appendix A: Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 2 4 9 322 2 5 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 4 136 0 1 11 228
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 2 5 12 306 2 7 20 443
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 8 17 36 1,825 38 103 217 7,272
Human Capital Revisited 4 11 52 880 6 31 146 1,692
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 1 1 7 1,259 7 28 67 3,537
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 9 435 5 20 86 1,324
Interaction between Quantity and Quality of Children 1 3 15 390 10 21 74 1,084
Introduction to the First Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 1 5 28 288 4 12 62 543
Introduction to the First Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 5 12 33 715 7 23 69 1,161
Introduction to the Second Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 2 8 46 545 5 29 133 1,217
Introduction to the Second Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 7 15 53 1,191 13 48 150 2,360
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 11 15 32 137 22 43 130 644
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 6 14 50 1,940 13 32 114 3,707
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 3 6 32 822 9 26 97 1,703
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 2 3 19 617 9 16 49 1,493
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 3 6 25 1,028 11 18 46 1,599
Rates of Return from College Education 0 0 11 316 1 3 27 518
Rates of Return from College Education 3 5 17 753 5 10 32 1,247
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 1 1 9 212 1 3 19 345
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 2 3 9 458 2 4 15 647
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 2 23 386 0 8 44 652
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 5 11 42 891 6 20 76 1,299
Synthesis and Further Applications of the Empirical Analysis 0 0 0 76 0 3 9 125
The Allocation of Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 1 1 118 0 4 14 212
The Allocation of Time Over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 171 1 7 30 338
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 2 8 385 1 25 67 997
Underinvestment in College Education? 0 0 9 227 0 1 18 385
Underinvestment in College Education? 2 3 9 477 2 4 19 693
Working with Jacob Mincer: Reminiscences of Columbia’s Labor Workshop 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 12
Total Chapters 88 206 802 22,474 272 830 2,897 53,606


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