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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 0 2 13 2,884
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 0 2 1,006 1 3 12 2,415
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 2 3 14 906 7 13 54 2,866
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good 0 0 2 11 0 0 3 1,971
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 0 2 7 398 1 9 41 925
A Theory of Rational Addiction 0 1 10 42 1 7 29 3,771
A Theory of Social Interactions 0 0 6 4,130 4 12 42 12,489
A Theory of the Production and Allocation of Effort 0 0 3 466 0 0 6 1,402
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 1 1,603 1 3 13 4,945
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 7 1 1 5 2,119
Autobiography 0 0 0 95 0 1 2 212
Child Endowments, and the Quantity and Quality of Children 0 1 4 1,166 2 5 23 3,661
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 10
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1,077
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 1 605 1 3 6 2,383
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 649 0 0 2 1,611
Economics of Marital Instability 0 0 0 433 2 2 2 1,570
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 2 18 1,953
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 1 1 8 885 1 1 10 1,624
Fear and the Response to Terrorism: An Economic Analysis 1 2 16 1,226 4 10 66 3,502
Fear and the response to terrorism: an economic analysis 0 0 1 2 0 1 8 19
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 0 1 9 1,053 1 3 25 2,056
Fertility and Economy 0 0 0 1 1 2 16 1,183
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 854
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 1,258
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 3 16 1 2 10 1,978
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 0 6 1 2 27 2,203
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 1 29 2 5 12 148
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 2 2,599 3 4 14 5,967
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 3 1,596 2 3 9 3,466
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 1 162 0 0 2 598
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1,172
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 2 9 0 1 6 23
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 2 16 3 6 16 1,110
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 0 2 1 4 18 1,360
Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Dead Weight Costs 0 0 0 12 2 3 8 1,246
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 1 1 4 19 3 4 10 1,292
Reversal of Misfortune: Parodox in Optimization Across Contingencies 0 0 1 185 0 2 3 444
Status, Lotteries, and Inequality 0 0 1 609 0 1 5 1,385
Terminal Care and The Value of Life Near Its End 1 1 2 211 2 3 11 700
The Allocation of Effort, Specific Human Capital, and Differences Between Men and Women in Earnings and Occupations 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 907
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 3 3 4 8 1,819
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 1 6 0 0 7 1,421
The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 1 6 1,785 4 15 27 5,220
The Economic Way of Looking at Life 0 2 8 791 3 9 34 2,577
The Effect of the State on the Family 0 0 0 5 3 4 7 404
The Family and the State 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 859
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 16
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 4 919 1 1 7 2,695
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 230 1 1 5 450
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 1 1 268 0 3 16 764
Total Working Papers 6 17 132 24,200 65 166 697 99,007


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A Comment on the Conference on Cost-Benefit Analysis 0 0 1 17 0 0 4 763
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 1 2 10 1,239 2 9 24 3,584
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 2 3 22 1,705 6 17 62 5,245
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad 1 5 17 4,002 5 13 49 19,522
A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 7 9 34 4,235 17 27 83 13,048
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 0 2 10 127 3 10 34 529
A Theory of Marriage: Part I 2 5 18 6,263 12 21 71 17,849
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 1 2 2 1,905 3 5 16 4,978
A Theory of Rational Addiction 2 5 45 7,414 25 45 157 28,623
A Theory of Social Interactions 2 5 22 1,923 10 26 94 5,637
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology 0 2 7 812 2 6 24 2,716
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology: Reply 0 0 2 376 0 0 5 1,145
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability 0 2 9 1,230 11 17 37 3,237
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 19 2 5 27 3,313
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility 5 13 52 1,815 18 39 130 5,250
Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children 0 1 4 781 4 16 43 2,238
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 20 28 82 4,532 50 100 295 15,971
Cross-Cultural Differences in Family and Sexual Life 0 0 0 18 1 2 4 122
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum 0 0 0 370 7 21 91 11,495
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 46 0 2 7 804
Education and Consumption: The Effects of Education in the Household Compared to the Marketplace 0 0 5 288 1 1 12 810
El mercado de bienes ilegales: el caso de la droga 0 0 0 205 0 2 2 820
Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness 1 1 3 204 2 3 11 874
Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 4 401 0 2 27 1,234
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 0 69 2 3 22 1,313
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 4 6 31 1,960 9 27 90 4,789
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 1 3 17 872
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 1 1 3 463
Growing human capital investment in China compared to falling investment in the United States 0 0 1 151 0 1 4 314
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 4 63 1 1 12 210
Habits, Peers, and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective 0 0 1 260 0 2 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 2 3 20
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture * 0 0 0 181 1 1 1 437
Health as human capital: synthesis and extensions -super-1 0 2 7 300 0 3 21 641
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 1 4 23 3,588 12 32 172 11,490
Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 3 5 14 1,573 10 19 63 4,471
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 1 1 14 2,295 5 9 61 6,917
Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations 1 1 1 75 2 3 10 1,006
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 5 15 47 4,271 31 60 191 10,769
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers 0 1 8 1,796 5 10 42 3,670
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection 1 4 23 1,669 3 12 63 3,624
NET NEUTRALITY AND CONSUMER WELFARE 1 1 1 32 2 3 7 127
Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior 5 11 35 2,294 15 29 95 5,618
Old-Age Longevity and Mortality-Contingent Claims 1 2 4 320 2 3 13 850
On the Economics of Capital Punishment 0 1 2 373 2 4 9 1,110
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 3 146 0 0 9 328
On the Economics of the Family: Reply to a Skeptic 0 0 1 216 0 0 2 653
On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children 5 12 44 2,856 10 26 130 7,209
On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family 0 1 2 201 0 2 13 568
Population and Economic Growth 1 2 9 1,090 2 3 22 2,845
Preference Formation within Families 0 0 3 45 0 0 8 94
Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs 0 0 5 709 1 2 15 1,476
REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE WHEN PROVIDING FOR ADVERSITY 0 0 0 11 0 1 3 117
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 0 8 807 2 2 17 2,117
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 1 126 0 0 5 340
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 1 8 23 1,802 6 19 85 5,358
The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 5 25 497 5 17 79 2,925
The Equilibrium Distribution of Income and the Market for Status 0 0 2 117 2 4 13 922
The Family and the State 0 1 5 84 1 3 17 1,616
The Friedman-Becker Illusion: Reply 0 0 2 148 0 1 7 398
The Future of Law and Economics 1 1 3 97 2 3 7 236
The Manipulation of Children's Preferences, Old-Age Support, and Investment in Children's Human Capital 1 2 8 137 4 6 26 443
The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 0 302 0 1 3 630
The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 2 4 7 379 5 8 14 1,222
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 6 715 4 5 32 2,368
The economics of crime 0 0 0 0 26 55 301 10,805
The shortage of kidneys for transplant: Altruism, exchanges, opt in vs. opt out, and the market for kidneys 0 1 8 32 1 6 25 81
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation: Comment 0 0 1 19 0 1 7 790
U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs: Comments 0 0 0 34 1 2 2 221
UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 35
Una teoría de la distribución del tiempo 1 1 3 31 2 2 5 74
Unemployment in Europe and the United States 0 0 0 17 0 0 1 78
Voir La Vie De Façon Économique 0 0 0 17 0 3 3 57
Total Journal Articles 79 177 737 72,183 359 790 3,073 254,059
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Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Treatise on the Family 0 0 0 0 32 65 347 4,879
An Economic Analysis of the Family 0 1 3 51 0 1 11 111
Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment 0 0 0 0 6 12 45 3,210
Human Capital 0 0 0 0 3 5 74 1,249
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, First Edition 0 0 0 0 262 694 1,639 4,707
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 0 0 82 228 638 9,027
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 0 0 37 96 496 19,006
The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 0 2 3 11 2,098
The Economic Approach 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 25
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior 0 0 0 0 7 20 85 2,290
The Economics of Discrimination 0 0 0 0 16 48 165 3,356
Uncommon Sense 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 148
Total Books 0 1 3 51 448 1,173 3,518 50,106


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Marriage 0 1 7 541 2 5 33 1,944
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 0 0 665 3 7 16 1,907
A Theory of the Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle 1 1 3 395 3 4 13 923
Accounting for the Growth of Government 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 2 10 305 1 4 17 480
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 1 1 11 633 3 4 20 941
An Economic Analysis of Fertility 12 33 149 2,388 68 158 751 8,621
Appendix A, Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 2 7 123 0 2 7 204
Appendix A: Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 1 1 4 315 1 2 7 416
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 2 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 1 5 297 1 3 9 428
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 3 5 18 1,797 13 26 96 7,091
Human Capital Revisited 2 10 44 849 10 30 103 1,599
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 1 14 1,256 6 11 40 3,489
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 1 12 432 8 16 63 1,267
Interaction between Quantity and Quality of Children 4 4 13 380 5 12 59 1,031
Introduction to the First Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 4 8 27 272 7 16 51 504
Introduction to the First Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 4 7 39 696 6 12 68 1,114
Introduction to the Second Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 7 15 56 523 18 41 128 1,145
Introduction to the Second Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 5 12 55 1,161 17 32 141 2,266
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 1 4 14 113 6 23 69 552
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 3 10 48 1,910 6 22 108 3,636
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 1 6 28 804 5 17 57 1,635
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 1 5 21 1,011 1 5 29 1,562
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 2 7 18 609 4 11 32 1,461
Rates of Return from College Education 2 4 14 313 3 6 25 503
Rates of Return from College Education 1 2 9 740 3 6 17 1,223
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 1 7 452 2 2 9 636
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 2 8 26 378 3 10 37 627
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 1 10 38 866 4 15 72 1,250
Synthesis and Further Applications of the Empirical Analysis 0 0 1 76 1 1 2 117
The Allocation of Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 0 2 117 2 2 5 200
The Allocation of Time Over the Life Cycle 0 0 2 171 3 4 11 314
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 1 9 382 1 8 37 949
Underinvestment in College Education? 0 1 10 224 2 4 15 376
Underinvestment in College Education? 1 1 8 471 3 3 12 679
Working with Jacob Mincer: Reminiscences of Columbia’s Labor Workshop 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5
Total Chapters 61 167 742 22,009 221 529 2,177 51,662


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