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A General Equilibrium Model of 'Efficient' Unions 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 18
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 0 1 3 17 0 4 36 2,920
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 1 2 7 911 3 8 117 2,976
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 0 2 1,008 2 5 30 2,444
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good 0 0 1 12 0 0 8 1,979
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 1 3 8 406 2 9 70 994
A Theory of Rational Addiction 5 10 21 63 8 24 84 3,854
A Theory of Social Interactions 0 0 5 4,135 4 6 69 12,554
A Theory of the Production and Allocation of Effort 0 0 3 469 0 1 9 1,411
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 1 8 0 1 26 2,144
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 2 1,605 0 2 30 4,974
Autobiography 0 0 1 96 0 0 2 214
Child Endowments, and the Quantity and Quality of Children 0 0 4 1,170 3 4 45 3,704
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 1 2 12
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 649 0 0 7 1,618
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 1 606 0 2 17 2,399
Economics of Marital Instability 0 0 1 434 1 3 16 1,584
Erosion Control: Costs and Income Distribution Under Regulation, Tax and Subsidy 0 0 0 4 1 2 8 18
FERTILITY CHOICE IN A MODEL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 0 0 0 1 1 5 32 1,984
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 1 2 886 0 2 18 1,641
Fear and the Response to Terrorism: An Economic Analysis 0 3 20 1,245 5 22 97 3,595
Fear and the response to terrorism: an economic analysis 0 1 2 4 0 2 18 37
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 0 1 10 1,063 2 3 40 2,095
Fertility and Economy 0 0 0 1 2 2 23 1,205
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 863
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 0 1 0 1 18 1,276
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 1 2 18 0 1 20 1,997
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 3 32 0 2 30 176
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 0 6 0 4 32 2,234
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 1 1 1,597 4 8 30 3,494
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 1 4 2,603 1 4 35 5,999
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 162 0 0 8 606
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 1,180
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 2 11 0 1 16 39
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 0 2 1 4 16 1,375
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 3 19 1 3 25 1,132
Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Dead Weight Costs 0 0 1 13 0 1 12 1,256
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 0 3 21 0 2 22 1,311
Reversal of Misfortune: Parodox in Optimization Across Contingencies 0 0 0 185 0 0 8 452
Status, Lotteries, and Inequality 0 0 0 609 0 0 14 1,399
Terminal Care and The Value of Life Near Its End 0 1 4 214 1 2 20 718
The Allocation of Effort, Specific Human Capital, and Differences Between Men and Women in Earnings and Occupations 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 914
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 1 1 7 1 3 13 1,434
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 3 1 3 23 1,839
The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 1 1 3 1,788 3 11 50 5,266
The Economic Way of Looking at Life 0 0 7 798 0 0 46 2,620
The Effect of the State on the Family 0 0 0 5 1 1 13 414
The Family and the State 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 869
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 919 1 2 22 2,716
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 1 1 1 5 1 4 20 36
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 0 230 0 0 6 455
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 1 1 1 269 1 1 19 783
Total Working Papers 10 30 131 24,325 51 168 1,366 100,308


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Comment on the Conference on Cost-Benefit Analysis 0 0 0 17 0 1 6 769
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 0 2 11 1,249 4 17 69 3,651
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 2 5 22 1,725 6 12 89 5,328
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad 1 5 18 4,019 4 37 90 19,607
A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 1 7 38 4,266 4 19 145 13,176
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 0 3 9 136 3 10 46 572
A Theory of Marriage: Part I 4 11 44 6,305 8 37 164 18,001
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 0 5 1,909 0 1 24 4,999
A Theory of Rational Addiction 4 7 58 7,470 13 41 285 28,883
A Theory of Social Interactions 5 11 32 1,953 9 21 123 5,750
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology 0 1 13 825 3 5 48 2,762
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology: Reply 0 0 2 378 0 0 12 1,157
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability 3 3 11 1,241 4 5 55 3,281
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 19 2 4 44 3,355
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility 5 19 71 1,881 11 41 229 5,461
Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children 0 1 5 786 1 3 46 2,280
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 16 35 163 4,675 28 78 631 16,552
Cross-Cultural Differences in Family and Sexual Life 0 0 0 18 0 1 22 143
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum 0 0 0 370 25 42 135 11,623
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 3 49 2 2 24 828
Education and Consumption: The Effects of Education in the Household Compared to the Marketplace 0 0 3 291 0 2 20 829
El mercado de bienes ilegales: el caso de la droga 0 0 0 205 0 1 11 831
Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness 0 0 4 207 0 2 26 898
Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 3 404 1 2 24 1,258
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 0 69 2 4 22 1,333
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 0 3 26 1,982 1 11 99 4,879
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 1 4 19 890
George Joseph Stigler. January 11,1911 - December 1,1991 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 38
George Joseph Stigler: January 17, 1911-December 1, 1991 0 0 1 98 1 1 12 474
Growing human capital investment in China compared to falling investment in the United States 0 0 3 154 0 0 10 324
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 2 65 1 4 14 223
Habits, Peers, and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective 0 0 0 260 0 0 46 741
Happiness, Income and Economic Policy 0 0 0 8 0 1 8 31
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 24
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture * 0 0 0 181 0 3 7 443
Health as human capital: synthesis and extensions -super-1 0 1 2 302 0 2 17 658
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 5 10 43 3,630 13 38 205 11,683
Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 0 6 23 1,593 1 17 77 4,538
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 3 18 2,312 3 8 69 6,981
Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations 0 0 6 80 0 3 63 1,067
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 4 13 84 4,350 18 66 349 11,087
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers 2 5 15 1,811 3 43 104 3,769
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection 6 21 39 1,707 16 52 131 3,752
NET NEUTRALITY AND CONSUMER WELFARE 0 0 3 34 1 1 14 139
Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior 6 14 30 2,319 15 29 113 5,716
Old-Age Longevity and Mortality-Contingent Claims 0 0 3 322 1 1 18 866
On the Economics of Capital Punishment 2 4 13 386 2 4 34 1,142
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 1 147 1 1 7 335
On the Economics of the Family: Reply to a Skeptic 0 0 0 216 0 1 8 661
On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children 3 13 48 2,899 19 48 203 7,402
On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family 0 0 3 204 0 5 18 586
Population and Economic Growth 0 0 2 1,091 0 2 16 2,859
Preference Formation within Families 0 0 1 46 0 0 9 103
Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs 0 0 2 711 0 1 26 1,501
REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE WHEN PROVIDING FOR ADVERSITY 0 0 0 11 0 0 8 125
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 1 5 812 1 3 24 2,139
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation: Comment 0 0 0 232 0 0 4 643
Selling the Right to Immigrate 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 150
Social Consumption: The World of Veblen Revisited 0 0 1 127 0 2 4 344
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 3 6 14 1,815 10 19 85 5,437
The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 1 4 17 514 2 9 68 2,988
The Equilibrium Distribution of Income and the Market for Status 0 0 2 119 0 1 23 943
The Family and the State 0 0 0 84 1 1 14 1,629
The Friedman-Becker Illusion: Reply 0 0 2 150 0 2 10 408
The Future of Law and Economics 0 1 3 99 0 2 13 247
The Manipulation of Children's Preferences, Old-Age Support, and Investment in Children's Human Capital 0 1 6 142 1 4 42 481
The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 0 302 0 3 9 639
The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 1 2 9 386 1 3 38 1,255
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 1 2 6 721 3 8 68 2,432
The economics of crime 0 0 0 0 5 11 118 10,897
The shortage of kidneys for transplant: Altruism, exchanges, opt in vs. opt out, and the market for kidneys 1 2 6 38 1 5 31 111
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation: Comment 0 1 4 23 1 3 13 803
U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs: Comments 0 0 0 34 1 1 8 228
UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 37
Una teoría de la distribución del tiempo 0 1 5 35 0 2 15 87
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 2 10 67
Total Journal Articles 76 224 964 73,068 255 817 4,708 258,408
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A Treatise on the Family 0 0 0 0 18 62 478 5,325
An Economic Analysis of the Family 1 1 4 55 2 6 27 138
Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment 0 0 0 0 6 13 57 3,261
Human Capital 0 0 0 0 7 13 63 1,309
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, First Edition 0 0 0 0 101 479 2,862 7,307
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 0 0 28 111 699 9,644
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 0 0 23 97 621 19,590
The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 0 0 4 37 2,133
The Economic Approach 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 34
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior 0 0 0 0 5 25 141 2,424
The Economics of Discrimination 0 0 0 0 2 13 221 3,561
Uncommon Sense 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 165
Total Books 1 1 4 55 192 825 5,233 54,891


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Marriage 2 6 15 556 4 12 74 2,016
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 0 4 669 0 2 43 1,947
A Theory of the Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle 1 2 5 399 2 5 36 956
Accounting for the Growth of Government 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 21
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 0 9 641 0 1 19 957
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 2 3 308 0 3 14 493
An Economic Analysis of Fertility 3 26 142 2,518 33 114 764 9,317
Appendix A, Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 3 126 0 1 19 223
Appendix A: Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 8 322 0 2 16 431
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 1 1 1 137 1 1 7 229
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 10 306 0 0 16 443
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 8 16 50 1,844 17 108 324 7,402
Human Capital Revisited 3 9 46 893 6 23 139 1,728
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 1 2 7 1,263 3 7 67 3,550
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 1 4 436 1 6 73 1,332
Interaction between Quantity and Quality of Children 2 6 22 398 7 22 83 1,109
Introduction to the First Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 0 3 24 292 1 6 53 550
Introduction to the First Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 3 6 32 724 4 12 69 1,177
Introduction to the Second Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 5 10 45 561 9 22 125 1,252
Introduction to the Second Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 4 9 49 1,205 6 23 147 2,396
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 4 13 43 155 10 34 178 724
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 0 7 44 1,951 1 13 96 3,726
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 1 6 25 828 2 10 88 1,718
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 0 4 15 622 0 9 47 1,504
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 1 1 22 1,032 1 5 47 1,608
Rates of Return from College Education 1 4 11 322 1 6 27 527
Rates of Return from College Education 0 0 15 754 0 1 31 1,251
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 0 2 6 214 0 3 17 348
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 0 0 8 459 1 1 16 650
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 1 4 16 392 1 9 39 663
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 4 34 899 1 7 64 1,310
Synthesis and Further Applications of the Empirical Analysis 0 1 1 77 0 1 10 126
The Allocation of Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 2 3 120 2 4 18 216
The Allocation of Time Over the Life Cycle 0 1 1 172 2 4 31 342
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 1 5 387 0 11 66 1,014
Underinvestment in College Education? 0 1 9 479 0 1 19 695
Underinvestment in College Education? 0 3 6 230 0 4 15 389
Working with Jacob Mincer: Reminiscences of Columbia’s Labor Workshop 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12
Total Chapters 41 153 743 22,691 116 493 2,911 54,352


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