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A General Equilibrium Model of 'Efficient' Unions 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 16
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 0 0 3 14 7 9 19 2,893
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 2 4 1,008 2 6 17 2,421
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 1 15 907 23 45 85 2,911
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good 0 0 2 11 2 5 8 1,976
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 2 3 8 401 8 17 46 942
A Theory of Rational Addiction 4 5 11 47 12 25 45 3,796
A Theory of Social Interactions 0 4 7 4,134 6 31 59 12,520
A Theory of the Production and Allocation of Effort 0 2 3 468 2 4 6 1,406
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 1 2 2 1,605 6 10 19 4,955
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 1 1 8 7 13 18 2,132
Autobiography 0 0 0 95 0 1 3 213
Child Endowments, and the Quantity and Quality of Children 1 3 6 1,169 6 12 30 3,673
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 11
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 1,078
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 649 1 4 6 1,615
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 1 605 6 9 15 2,392
Economics of Marital Instability 0 0 0 433 1 6 8 1,576
Erosion Control: Costs and Income Distribution Under Regulation, Tax and Subsidy 0 0 0 4 5 6 6 16
FERTILITY CHOICE IN A MODEL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 0 0 0 1 4 8 17 1,961
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 5 885 2 10 17 1,634
Fear and the Response to Terrorism: An Economic Analysis 2 4 11 1,230 12 35 75 3,537
Fear and the response to terrorism: an economic analysis 0 0 1 2 3 9 13 28
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 1 2 9 1,055 4 12 31 2,068
Fertility and Economy 0 0 0 1 2 5 17 1,188
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 3 6 10 860
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 0 1 5 10 18 1,268
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 1 1 3 17 9 11 19 1,989
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 1 2 3 31 8 16 28 164
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 0 6 4 7 20 2,210
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 2 1,596 3 9 16 3,475
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 2 2,599 2 8 21 5,975
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 2 2 5 6 1,177
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 1 162 2 4 6 602
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 1 2 10 3 7 11 30
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 0 2 5 7 21 1,367
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 1 16 6 10 21 1,120
Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Dead Weight Costs 0 0 0 12 4 5 13 1,251
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 1 5 20 5 10 19 1,302
Reversal of Misfortune: Parodox in Optimization Across Contingencies 0 0 0 185 4 5 7 449
Status, Lotteries, and Inequality 0 0 0 609 4 6 10 1,391
Terminal Care and The Value of Life Near Its End 1 1 3 212 6 7 14 707
The Allocation of Effort, Specific Human Capital, and Differences Between Men and Women in Earnings and Occupations 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 909
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 6 4 8 13 1,429
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 3 6 9 16 1,828
The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 0 4 1,785 5 12 35 5,232
The Economic Way of Looking at Life 1 3 8 794 6 19 40 2,596
The Effect of the State on the Family 0 0 0 5 5 5 12 409
The Family and the State 0 0 0 4 1 5 10 864
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 4 5 8 13 24
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 1 919 4 6 8 2,701
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 268 4 11 22 775
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 230 4 4 9 454
Total Working Papers 15 38 127 24,238 245 509 1,013 99,516


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A Comment on the Conference on Cost-Benefit Analysis 0 0 1 17 2 4 7 767
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 1 2 8 1,241 7 11 26 3,595
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 1 9 24 1,714 11 33 74 5,278
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad 1 4 16 4,006 8 26 61 19,548
A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 2 11 32 4,246 9 55 110 13,103
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 0 1 10 128 4 11 38 540
A Theory of Marriage: Part I 4 9 23 6,272 15 52 103 17,901
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 1 3 1,906 2 7 20 4,985
A Theory of Rational Addiction 7 16 40 7,430 24 92 200 28,715
A Theory of Social Interactions 1 7 21 1,930 13 39 108 5,676
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology 3 5 10 817 5 16 32 2,732
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology: Reply 0 0 0 376 0 1 3 1,146
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability 0 0 7 1,230 0 12 42 3,249
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 19 5 15 31 3,328
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility 0 15 52 1,830 9 58 152 5,308
Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children 1 3 7 784 5 15 49 2,253
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 13 54 118 4,586 72 253 475 16,224
Cross-Cultural Differences in Family and Sexual Life 0 0 0 18 3 6 8 128
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum 0 0 0 370 8 29 90 11,524
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 1 2 2 48 9 14 19 818
Education and Consumption: The Effects of Education in the Household Compared to the Marketplace 0 1 5 289 3 6 12 816
El mercado de bienes ilegales: el caso de la droga 0 0 0 205 5 6 8 826
Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness 1 2 4 206 5 15 23 889
Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 1 3 402 7 15 33 1,249
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 0 69 5 9 26 1,322
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 2 7 33 1,967 11 35 109 4,824
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 2 6 17 878
George Joseph Stigler. January 11,1911 - December 1,1991 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 34
George Joseph Stigler: January 17, 1911-December 1, 1991 1 1 1 98 5 6 9 469
Growing human capital investment in China compared to falling investment in the United States 2 3 4 154 4 8 12 322
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 1 1 3 64 5 7 12 217
Habits, Peers, and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective 0 0 0 260 15 35 39 730
Happiness, Income and Economic Policy 0 0 0 8 2 3 4 26
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture 0 0 0 5 3 3 6 23
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture * 0 0 0 181 1 1 2 438
Health as human capital: synthesis and extensions -super-1 0 0 5 300 6 9 26 650
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 6 18 33 3,606 18 85 207 11,575
Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 0 2 14 1,575 5 16 67 4,487
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 4 5 13 2,300 12 21 66 6,938
Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations 2 4 5 79 11 30 38 1,036
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 4 34 66 4,305 28 128 267 10,897
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers 2 4 9 1,800 11 30 57 3,700
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection 0 3 19 1,672 7 23 67 3,647
NET NEUTRALITY AND CONSUMER WELFARE 0 0 1 32 2 6 11 133
Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior 3 4 33 2,298 12 27 99 5,645
Old-Age Longevity and Mortality-Contingent Claims 0 0 3 320 5 7 14 857
On the Economics of Capital Punishment 0 3 4 376 2 8 16 1,118
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 2 146 3 5 12 333
On the Economics of the Family: Reply to a Skeptic 0 0 0 216 3 5 5 658
On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children 2 10 44 2,866 9 47 146 7,256
On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family 1 2 3 203 4 8 18 576
Population and Economic Growth 0 0 4 1,090 2 5 17 2,850
Preference Formation within Families 0 0 0 45 1 4 7 98
Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs 0 1 5 710 7 17 30 1,493
REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE WHEN PROVIDING FOR ADVERSITY 0 0 0 11 0 3 6 120
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 2 8 809 4 11 25 2,128
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation: Comment 0 0 2 232 1 3 6 642
Selling the Right to Immigrate 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 145
Social Consumption: The World of Veblen Revisited 0 0 0 126 0 1 4 341
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 2 19 1,804 8 21 83 5,379
The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 3 4 22 501 12 27 80 2,952
The Equilibrium Distribution of Income and the Market for Status 0 1 2 118 7 13 21 935
The Family and the State 0 0 5 84 3 8 22 1,624
The Friedman-Becker Illusion: Reply 0 1 3 149 3 6 12 404
The Future of Law and Economics 1 1 4 98 2 7 12 243
The Manipulation of Children's Preferences, Old-Age Support, and Investment in Children's Human Capital 1 2 8 139 9 16 34 459
The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 0 302 2 4 7 634
The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 1 2 8 381 8 15 28 1,237
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 1 4 716 8 23 38 2,391
The economics of crime 0 0 0 0 21 55 253 10,860
The shortage of kidneys for transplant: Altruism, exchanges, opt in vs. opt out, and the market for kidneys 1 2 6 34 3 11 27 92
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation: Comment 0 1 2 20 3 7 13 797
U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs: Comments 0 0 0 34 2 3 5 224
UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 36
Una teoría de la distribución del tiempo 1 2 5 33 1 5 10 79
Unemployment in Europe and the United States 0 0 0 17 1 1 1 79
Voir La Vie De Façon Économique 0 1 1 18 4 5 8 62
Total Journal Articles 74 267 790 72,450 536 1,632 3,829 255,691
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Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Treatise on the Family 0 0 0 0 31 130 370 5,009
An Economic Analysis of the Family 1 1 4 52 8 9 18 120
Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment 0 0 0 0 5 17 54 3,227
Human Capital 0 0 0 0 5 18 46 1,267
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, First Edition 0 0 0 0 251 861 2,207 5,568
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 0 0 61 231 699 9,258
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 0 0 70 200 567 19,206
The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 0 6 17 24 2,115
The Economic Approach 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 29
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior 0 0 0 0 15 46 113 2,336
The Economics of Discrimination 0 0 0 0 38 83 198 3,439
Uncommon Sense 0 0 0 0 3 6 7 154
Total Books 1 1 4 52 494 1,622 4,311 51,728


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Marriage 0 2 7 543 14 30 53 1,974
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 1 1 666 3 11 24 1,918
A Theory of the Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle 1 1 3 396 4 12 23 935
Accounting for the Growth of Government 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 19
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 1 3 13 636 1 8 25 949
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 0 8 305 4 5 17 485
An Economic Analysis of Fertility 17 40 144 2,428 61 240 792 8,861
Appendix A, Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 2 8 125 6 10 16 214
Appendix A: Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 1 3 6 318 3 7 13 423
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 3 9 225
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 4 8 301 2 6 14 434
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 1 6 17 1,803 21 59 129 7,150
Human Capital Revisited 3 16 48 865 16 53 136 1,652
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 1 2 14 1,258 7 15 47 3,504
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 2 3 12 435 16 32 79 1,299
Interaction between Quantity and Quality of Children 0 4 12 384 5 26 65 1,057
Introduction to the First Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 3 9 31 281 8 23 60 527
Introduction to the First Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 2 5 37 701 5 16 71 1,130
Introduction to the Second Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 2 13 59 536 6 32 136 1,177
Introduction to the Second Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 4 12 54 1,173 9 32 141 2,298
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 0 4 17 117 10 43 102 595
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 1 8 31 812 14 35 81 1,670
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 5 14 53 1,924 14 32 109 3,668
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 2 4 18 613 8 12 35 1,473
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 4 11 29 1,022 9 18 40 1,580
Rates of Return from College Education 1 3 15 316 4 10 30 513
Rates of Return from College Education 6 8 16 748 8 13 28 1,236
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 2 3 9 211 6 10 16 341
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 1 3 10 455 3 7 16 643
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 1 5 27 383 4 13 42 640
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 4 10 39 876 7 23 76 1,273
Synthesis and Further Applications of the Empirical Analysis 0 0 0 76 3 4 5 121
The Allocation of Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 117 3 8 10 208
The Allocation of Time Over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 171 3 15 23 329
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 1 8 383 5 17 47 966
Underinvestment in College Education? 1 3 9 474 6 9 19 688
Underinvestment in College Education? 1 3 11 227 3 7 18 383
Working with Jacob Mincer: Reminiscences of Columbia’s Labor Workshop 0 0 0 0 4 6 8 11
Total Chapters 68 206 779 22,215 308 907 2,561 52,569


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