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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 1 5 14 2 5 14 2,881
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 1 2 1,006 1 4 10 2,411
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 3 7 12 901 5 13 52 2,847
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good 0 1 4 11 0 2 5 1,971
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 2 3 10 396 6 9 42 911
A Theory of Rational Addiction 0 1 13 39 0 5 32 3,759
A Theory of Social Interactions 1 2 6 4,129 5 12 46 12,474
A Theory of the Production and Allocation of Effort 1 1 4 466 1 1 10 1,402
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 7 0 3 4 2,117
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 1 1,603 0 3 10 4,940
Autobiography 0 0 2 95 0 0 3 211
Child Endowments, and the Quantity and Quality of Children 1 1 6 1,165 5 7 28 3,655
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1,077
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 1 1 2 2 1 3 5 10
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 1 1 1 605 1 2 4 2,380
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 649 0 1 1 1,610
Economics of Marital Instability 0 0 0 433 0 0 1 1,568
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 6 27 1,951
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 1 12 883 0 2 17 1,622
Fear and the Response to Terrorism: An Economic Analysis 0 1 19 1,222 4 13 68 3,480
Fear and the response to terrorism: an economic analysis 0 1 2 2 1 2 16 18
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 1 3 16 1,050 3 6 32 2,044
Fertility and Economy 0 0 0 1 2 4 15 1,178
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 850
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 1 1 3 15 1 3 9 1,974
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 0 1 1 4 7 1,255
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 2 28 0 2 13 140
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 0 6 0 5 158 2,200
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 1 2 4 2,599 2 5 16 5,961
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 1 1 4 1,596 2 3 11 3,463
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1,172
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 1 1 1 162 1 1 2 598
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 1 3 9 0 2 6 21
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 1 5 16 1 4 15 1,103
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 0 2 2 8 17 1,355
Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Dead Weight Costs 0 0 0 12 1 2 3 1,241
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 2 6 18 0 3 11 1,287
Reversal of Misfortune: Parodox in Optimization Across Contingencies 0 0 1 185 0 0 2 442
Status, Lotteries, and Inequality 0 0 2 609 1 2 5 1,384
Terminal Care and The Value of Life Near Its End 0 0 1 209 0 1 9 694
The Allocation of Effort, Specific Human Capital, and Differences Between Men and Women in Earnings and Occupations 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 907
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 1 6 1 3 10 1,420
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 1,814
The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 0 4 1,782 0 4 21 5,202
The Economic Way of Looking at Life 0 1 18 789 0 5 40 2,566
The Effect of the State on the Family 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 400
The Family and the State 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 857
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 4 0 3 5 14
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 6 919 0 0 13 2,694
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 229 1 1 2 446
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 0 267 0 4 19 759
Total Working Papers 15 36 179 24,167 53 177 862 98,759


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A Comment on the Conference on Cost-Benefit Analysis 0 1 2 17 0 1 5 763
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 1 3 11 1,236 1 4 32 3,573
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 5 9 24 1,701 7 13 66 5,223
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad 3 5 30 3,995 6 14 60 19,502
A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 4 8 36 4,222 6 13 84 13,008
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 0 0 7 121 1 3 29 511
A Theory of Marriage: Part I 1 5 24 6,256 1 12 77 17,821
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 0 5 1,903 1 5 21 4,973
A Theory of Rational Addiction 3 8 54 7,404 15 38 169 28,564
A Theory of Social Interactions 0 3 17 1,914 7 18 71 5,593
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology 1 1 13 809 3 4 35 2,706
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology: Reply 0 0 3 376 1 2 6 1,145
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability 1 2 13 1,227 2 6 37 3,216
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 19 1 4 24 3,304
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility 7 11 53 1,794 12 24 121 5,191
Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children 0 0 1 778 3 6 29 2,216
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 8 19 65 4,490 29 62 267 15,828
Cross-Cultural Differences in Family and Sexual Life 0 0 0 18 0 0 2 120
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum 0 0 0 370 9 23 108 11,465
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 46 0 2 10 801
Education and Consumption: The Effects of Education in the Household Compared to the Marketplace 2 3 7 288 3 4 16 809
El mercado de bienes ilegales: el caso de la droga 0 0 3 205 0 0 3 818
Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness 1 1 3 203 2 3 15 870
Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 1 2 5 401 4 9 28 1,226
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 0 69 4 10 26 1,307
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 6 9 31 1,946 8 20 80 4,740
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 2 3 17 865
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 1 97 0 0 1 460
Growing human capital investment in China compared to falling investment in the United States 0 1 1 151 0 2 5 313
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 1 2 8 63 2 4 21 209
Habits, Peers, and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective 0 0 1 260 0 1 4 692
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 0 2 18
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture * 0 0 0 181 0 0 0 436
Health as human capital: synthesis and extensions -super-1 0 2 7 298 3 9 23 635
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 2 6 38 3,580 18 46 223 11,427
Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 1 3 10 1,564 7 17 57 4,440
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 1 2 24 2,292 3 11 84 6,898
Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations 0 0 1 74 0 1 9 1,001
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 4 8 46 4,247 10 35 185 10,678
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers 1 2 19 1,794 4 11 54 3,656
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection 1 7 33 1,663 2 12 78 3,602
NET NEUTRALITY AND CONSUMER WELFARE 0 0 2 31 0 0 6 123
Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior 5 10 51 2,282 13 25 117 5,582
Old-Age Longevity and Mortality-Contingent Claims 0 1 2 318 0 1 8 844
On the Economics of Capital Punishment 0 0 2 372 1 2 8 1,104
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 2 3 146 0 2 9 325
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 8 13 49 2,837 20 38 156 7,159
On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family 0 0 5 200 1 3 19 564
Population and Economic Growth 0 0 7 1,087 3 5 22 2,840
Preference Formation within Families 0 0 4 45 0 2 9 94
Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs 0 1 7 709 1 2 15 1,469
REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE WHEN PROVIDING FOR ADVERSITY 0 0 0 11 0 0 2 116
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 4 10 807 1 8 20 2,115
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation: Comment 0 1 2 232 0 1 3 639
Selling the Right to Immigrate 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 143
Social Consumption: The World of Veblen Revisited 0 0 1 126 0 0 4 339
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 1 4 23 1,792 8 15 101 5,325
The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 1 6 26 486 6 18 79 2,894
The Equilibrium Distribution of Income and the Market for Status 0 0 2 116 0 1 10 915
The Family and the State 0 0 4 81 2 4 18 1,609
The Friedman-Becker Illusion: Reply 1 2 3 148 3 5 12 397
The Future of Law and Economics 1 2 3 96 1 2 7 233
The Manipulation of Children's Preferences, Old-Age Support, and Investment in Children's Human Capital 0 2 8 134 1 4 26 432
The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 0 302 0 0 1 627
The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 1 4 374 1 3 14 1,212
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 2 8 715 2 5 39 2,362
The economics of crime 0 0 0 0 17 85 368 10,722
The shortage of kidneys for transplant: Altruism, exchanges, opt in vs. opt out, and the market for kidneys 0 2 10 31 1 9 27 75
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation: Comment 0 0 0 18 0 2 5 787
U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs: Comments 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 219
UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 35
Una teoría de la distribución del tiempo 0 1 2 29 0 1 3 70
Unemployment in Europe and the United States 0 0 0 17 0 0 1 78
Voir La Vie De Façon Économique 0 0 3 17 0 0 5 54
Total Journal Articles 72 177 839 71,903 259 695 3,305 252,835
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Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Treatise on the Family 0 0 0 0 38 94 378 4,760
An Economic Analysis of the Family 0 1 6 49 4 7 16 109
Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment 0 0 0 0 10 14 39 3,192
Human Capital 0 0 0 0 5 7 119 1,232
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, First Edition 0 0 0 0 121 310 1,579 3,773
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 0 0 46 90 623 8,705
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 0 0 67 140 508 18,843
The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 0 1 3 14 2,094
The Economic Approach 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 22
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior 0 0 0 0 7 26 78 2,256
The Economics of Discrimination 0 0 0 0 7 35 177 3,291
Uncommon Sense 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 148
Total Books 0 1 6 49 307 728 3,537 48,425


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Marriage 2 2 9 538 4 10 35 1,932
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 0 4 665 1 3 20 1,898
A Theory of the Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 1 5 394 1 4 10 917
Accounting for the Growth of Government 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 1 1 8 298 1 2 14 471
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 3 9 626 2 6 15 931
An Economic Analysis of Fertility 12 26 136 2,327 81 183 678 8,308
Appendix A, Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 1 1 6 118 1 1 7 199
Appendix A: Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 1 3 313 0 1 5 412
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 9 132 1 1 9 217
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 1 3 294 0 2 5 423
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 0 2 15 1,789 13 24 101 7,055
Human Capital Revisited 3 9 54 828 9 26 100 1,546
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 2 5 21 1,252 2 7 46 3,470
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 2 3 13 426 4 13 63 1,238
Interaction between Quantity and Quality of Children 1 3 16 375 9 13 66 1,010
Introduction to the First Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 4 7 25 260 5 10 40 481
Introduction to the First Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 5 12 36 682 11 25 60 1,092
Introduction to the Second Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 10 15 51 499 15 24 105 1,084
Introduction to the Second Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 9 14 48 1,138 21 37 117 2,210
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 1 3 10 105 5 17 62 514
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 4 6 34 790 7 12 66 1,606
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 8 15 50 1,890 14 27 118 3,593
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 3 7 22 1,003 4 9 35 1,553
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 1 1 19 598 2 3 38 1,444
Rates of Return from College Education 2 4 11 736 5 7 18 1,215
Rates of Return from College Education 2 4 15 305 3 7 23 491
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 1 1 6 203 1 1 14 326
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 1 3 7 449 2 4 8 632
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 2 4 19 363 2 4 32 608
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 6 26 849 1 15 54 1,223
Synthesis and Further Applications of the Empirical Analysis 0 0 2 76 0 0 2 116
The Allocation of Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 0 3 117 0 0 5 198
The Allocation of Time Over the Life Cycle 0 0 3 171 0 2 6 308
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 1 2 10 377 3 8 39 930
Underinvestment in College Education? 1 1 10 218 1 1 13 367
Underinvestment in College Education? 1 3 10 468 2 4 14 674
Working with Jacob Mincer: Reminiscences of Columbia’s Labor Workshop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Total Chapters 81 167 728 21,672 233 513 2,045 50,709


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