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A General Equilibrium Model of 'Efficient' Unions 0 0 0 2 1 4 4 17
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 2 2 3 16 6 13 23 2,899
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 0 3 1,008 1 4 15 2,422
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 1 1 14 908 17 52 94 2,928
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good 1 1 2 12 2 6 9 1,978
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 0 2 8 401 4 15 44 946
A Theory of Rational Addiction 2 6 11 49 7 27 49 3,803
A Theory of Social Interactions 0 2 7 4,134 4 21 62 12,524
A Theory of the Production and Allocation of Effort 1 2 4 469 1 4 6 1,407
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 1 8 3 15 21 2,135
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 1 2 1,605 2 10 20 4,957
Autobiography 0 0 0 95 0 0 2 213
Child Endowments, and the Quantity and Quality of Children 0 2 5 1,169 0 9 25 3,673
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 1 1 1 5 3 4 5 1,081
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 11
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 1 1 2 606 1 9 15 2,393
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 649 1 3 7 1,616
Economics of Marital Instability 0 0 0 433 0 3 8 1,576
Erosion Control: Costs and Income Distribution Under Regulation, Tax and Subsidy 0 0 0 4 0 6 6 16
FERTILITY CHOICE IN A MODEL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 0 0 0 1 2 8 18 1,963
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 3 885 1 5 15 1,635
Fear and the Response to Terrorism: An Economic Analysis 5 9 14 1,235 10 35 80 3,547
Fear and the response to terrorism: an economic analysis 0 0 1 2 1 7 13 29
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 2 4 10 1,057 2 9 32 2,070
Fertility and Economy 0 0 0 1 2 5 16 1,190
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 860
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 0 1 1 9 18 1,269
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 1 3 17 2 13 20 1,991
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 0 6 0 5 15 2,210
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 1 3 4 32 1 14 27 165
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 2 2,599 1 5 20 5,976
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 1 1,596 1 7 16 3,476
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 1 162 1 3 6 603
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 1,177
On the Economics of Climate Policy 1 2 3 11 3 10 14 33
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 0 2 2 9 22 1,369
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 1 16 2 11 23 1,122
Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Dead Weight Costs 1 1 1 13 1 5 13 1,252
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 1 4 20 2 12 20 1,304
Reversal of Misfortune: Parodox in Optimization Across Contingencies 0 0 0 185 0 5 7 449
Status, Lotteries, and Inequality 0 0 0 609 4 10 13 1,395
Terminal Care and The Value of Life Near Its End 0 1 3 212 0 7 14 707
The Allocation of Effort, Specific Human Capital, and Differences Between Men and Women in Earnings and Occupations 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 909
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 3 0 7 15 1,828
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 6 0 6 12 1,429
The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 1 1 4 1,786 6 17 40 5,238
The Economic Way of Looking at Life 0 3 6 794 2 17 37 2,598
The Effect of the State on the Family 0 0 0 5 0 5 11 409
The Family and the State 0 0 0 4 1 4 9 865
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 4 2 9 15 26
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 919 2 7 9 2,703
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 230 0 4 9 454
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 268 1 9 21 776
Total Working Papers 20 47 127 24,258 106 493 1,040 99,622


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A Comment on the Conference on Cost-Benefit Analysis 0 0 1 17 0 3 5 767
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 1 3 9 1,242 9 20 35 3,604
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 1 6 23 1,715 9 35 77 5,287
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad 1 2 17 4,007 2 21 62 19,550
A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 4 9 36 4,250 12 39 120 13,115
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 1 1 8 129 1 9 33 541
A Theory of Marriage: Part I 6 14 27 6,278 10 44 102 17,911
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 2 3 5 1,908 3 7 20 4,988
A Theory of Rational Addiction 7 19 41 7,437 22 78 211 28,737
A Theory of Social Interactions 3 7 22 1,933 8 33 109 5,684
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology 2 6 11 819 5 13 35 2,737
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology: Reply 2 2 2 378 6 6 9 1,152
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability 1 1 6 1,231 2 8 41 3,251
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 19 3 12 31 3,331
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility 3 9 50 1,833 14 39 155 5,322
Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children 0 1 6 784 2 11 45 2,255
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 12 42 127 4,598 37 195 495 16,261
Cross-Cultural Differences in Family and Sexual Life 0 0 0 18 0 5 8 128
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum 0 0 0 370 9 28 91 11,533
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 1 2 48 0 12 19 818
Education and Consumption: The Effects of Education in the Household Compared to the Marketplace 1 1 5 290 2 5 13 818
El mercado de bienes ilegales: el caso de la droga 0 0 0 205 1 6 9 827
Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness 1 2 5 207 2 14 24 891
Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 1 1 4 403 1 11 33 1,250
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 0 69 2 10 27 1,324
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 2 6 32 1,969 4 26 108 4,828
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 3 7 19 881
George Joseph Stigler. January 11,1911 - December 1,1991 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 34
George Joseph Stigler: January 17, 1911-December 1, 1991 0 1 1 98 0 6 9 469
Growing human capital investment in China compared to falling investment in the United States 0 2 4 154 0 5 11 322
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 1 2 4 65 1 6 13 218
Habits, Peers, and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective 0 0 0 260 7 42 46 737
Happiness, Income and Economic Policy 0 0 0 8 1 4 4 27
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture 0 0 0 5 0 3 5 23
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture * 0 0 0 181 1 2 3 439
Health as human capital: synthesis and extensions -super-1 1 1 5 301 2 11 26 652
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 1 11 33 3,607 6 58 200 11,581
Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 3 3 17 1,578 8 20 72 4,495
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 2 6 12 2,302 5 23 56 6,943
Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations 0 2 5 79 6 28 42 1,042
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 5 18 71 4,310 16 80 270 10,913
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers 0 4 8 1,800 3 21 58 3,703
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection 2 3 18 1,674 4 18 61 3,651
NET NEUTRALITY AND CONSUMER WELFARE 1 1 2 33 2 7 12 135
Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior 1 5 27 2,299 8 25 96 5,653
Old-Age Longevity and Mortality-Contingent Claims 0 0 3 320 2 8 16 859
On the Economics of Capital Punishment 2 5 6 378 5 12 21 1,123
On the Economics of Climate Policy 1 1 3 147 1 5 11 334
On the Economics of the Family: Reply to a Skeptic 0 0 0 216 2 7 7 660
On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children 3 8 45 2,869 10 37 145 7,266
On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family 1 3 4 204 3 10 18 579
Population and Economic Growth 0 0 3 1,090 2 6 17 2,852
Preference Formation within Families 0 0 0 45 1 3 7 99
Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs 1 1 3 711 2 14 28 1,495
REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE WHEN PROVIDING FOR ADVERSITY 0 0 0 11 2 5 6 122
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 1 2 7 810 1 10 22 2,129
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation: Comment 0 0 1 232 0 3 4 642
Selling the Right to Immigrate 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 145
Social Consumption: The World of Veblen Revisited 1 1 1 127 1 1 3 342
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 1 16 1,804 0 15 69 5,379
The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 1 5 22 502 4 25 80 2,956
The Equilibrium Distribution of Income and the Market for Status 0 1 2 118 1 13 22 936
The Family and the State 0 0 3 84 2 9 21 1,626
The Friedman-Becker Illusion: Reply 0 1 3 149 0 5 12 404
The Future of Law and Economics 0 1 4 98 0 5 12 243
The Manipulation of Children's Preferences, Old-Age Support, and Investment in Children's Human Capital 0 2 7 139 4 16 35 463
The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 0 302 0 4 7 634
The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 1 8 381 3 13 31 1,240
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 1 1 4 717 5 19 39 2,396
The economics of crime 0 0 0 0 13 48 236 10,873
The shortage of kidneys for transplant: Altruism, exchanges, opt in vs. opt out, and the market for kidneys 0 2 5 34 2 10 28 94
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation: Comment 1 2 3 21 1 7 13 798
U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs: Comments 0 0 0 34 0 2 5 224
UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 36
Una teoría de la distribución del tiempo 0 2 5 33 0 3 10 79
Unemployment in Europe and the United States 0 0 0 17 0 1 1 79
Voir La Vie De Façon Économique 0 0 1 18 0 4 8 62
Total Journal Articles 81 235 805 72,531 306 1,378 3,857 255,997
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Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Treatise on the Family 0 0 0 0 33 111 376 5,042
An Economic Analysis of the Family 0 1 4 52 1 10 19 121
Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment 0 0 0 0 2 12 51 3,229
Human Capital 0 0 0 0 2 11 44 1,269
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, First Edition 0 0 0 0 210 790 2,315 5,778
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 0 0 58 187 701 9,316
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 0 0 38 181 541 19,244
The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 0 4 16 28 2,119
The Economic Approach 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 29
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior 0 0 0 0 18 52 124 2,354
The Economics of Discrimination 0 0 0 0 29 83 212 3,468
Uncommon Sense 0 0 0 0 4 9 11 158
Total Books 0 1 4 52 399 1,464 4,430 52,127


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Marriage 2 2 9 545 4 23 56 1,978
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 2 2 3 668 5 11 28 1,923
A Theory of the Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 1 3 396 1 7 23 936
Accounting for the Growth of Government 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 19
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 0 8 305 1 6 17 486
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 2 13 636 0 6 24 949
An Economic Analysis of Fertility 12 42 139 2,440 59 217 795 8,920
Appendix A, Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 8 125 1 8 17 215
Appendix A: Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 2 6 318 1 5 13 424
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 5 136 2 5 11 227
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 8 301 2 7 15 436
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 5 8 21 1,808 19 62 138 7,169
Human Capital Revisited 4 13 50 869 9 45 141 1,661
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 2 11 1,258 5 16 46 3,509
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 2 12 435 5 25 79 1,304
Interaction between Quantity and Quality of Children 3 5 15 387 6 17 66 1,063
Introduction to the First Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 2 9 30 283 4 20 60 531
Introduction to the First Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 2 5 33 703 8 19 71 1,138
Introduction to the Second Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 1 8 53 537 11 30 128 1,188
Introduction to the Second Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 3 11 52 1,176 14 35 139 2,312
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 5 6 20 122 6 29 104 601
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 4 11 32 816 7 36 83 1,677
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 2 12 51 1,926 7 31 109 3,675
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 0 7 26 1,022 1 15 37 1,581
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 1 4 17 614 4 15 36 1,477
Rates of Return from College Education 0 2 15 316 2 10 31 515
Rates of Return from College Education 0 7 16 748 1 11 29 1,237
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 0 2 9 455 0 5 15 643
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 0 3 9 211 1 11 17 342
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 1 5 25 384 4 15 40 644
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 4 11 37 880 6 23 71 1,279
Synthesis and Further Applications of the Empirical Analysis 0 0 0 76 1 4 6 122
The Allocation of Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 117 0 6 10 208
The Allocation of Time Over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 171 2 12 25 331
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 1 8 383 6 21 50 972
Underinvestment in College Education? 0 2 9 474 1 9 19 689
Underinvestment in College Education? 0 1 10 227 1 5 18 384
Working with Jacob Mincer: Reminiscences of Columbia’s Labor Workshop 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 11
Total Chapters 53 191 763 22,268 207 831 2,580 52,776


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