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A General Equilibrium Model of 'Efficient' Unions 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 14
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 0 0 3 14 0 2 13 2,886
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 3 15 907 12 29 65 2,888
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 2 4 1,008 1 5 15 2,419
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good 0 0 2 11 2 3 6 1,974
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 0 1 6 399 3 10 44 934
A Theory of Rational Addiction 0 1 11 43 8 14 38 3,784
A Theory of Social Interactions 2 4 7 4,134 11 29 57 12,514
A Theory of the Production and Allocation of Effort 1 2 3 468 1 2 5 1,404
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 1 1 8 5 7 11 2,125
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 1 1 1,604 2 5 13 4,949
Autobiography 0 0 0 95 0 1 3 213
Child Endowments, and the Quantity and Quality of Children 1 2 6 1,168 3 8 25 3,667
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1,077
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 10
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 649 1 3 5 1,614
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 1 605 2 4 9 2,386
Economics of Marital Instability 0 0 0 433 2 7 7 1,575
Erosion Control: Costs and Income Distribution Under Regulation, Tax and Subsidy 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 11
FERTILITY CHOICE IN A MODEL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 0 0 0 1 2 5 18 1,957
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 1 5 885 2 9 15 1,632
Fear and the Response to Terrorism: An Economic Analysis 2 3 11 1,228 13 27 70 3,525
Fear and the response to terrorism: an economic analysis 0 0 1 2 3 6 12 25
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 1 1 8 1,054 3 9 28 2,064
Fertility and Economy 0 0 0 1 1 4 15 1,186
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 857
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 0 1 3 5 13 1,263
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 2 16 2 3 11 1,980
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 0 6 1 4 17 2,206
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 1 1 2 30 5 10 20 156
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 2 2,599 2 9 20 5,973
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 2 1,596 3 8 14 3,472
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 1,175
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 1 162 0 2 4 600
On the Economics of Climate Policy 1 1 2 10 4 4 8 27
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 1 16 3 7 18 1,114
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 0 2 2 3 17 1,362
Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Dead Weight Costs 0 0 0 12 0 3 9 1,247
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 1 2 5 20 5 8 14 1,297
Reversal of Misfortune: Parodox in Optimization Across Contingencies 0 0 0 185 1 1 3 445
Status, Lotteries, and Inequality 0 0 1 609 2 2 7 1,387
Terminal Care and The Value of Life Near Its End 0 1 2 211 1 3 10 701
The Allocation of Effort, Specific Human Capital, and Differences Between Men and Women in Earnings and Occupations 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 908
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 3 1 6 10 1,822
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 6 2 4 9 1,425
The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 0 4 1,785 6 11 30 5,227
The Economic Way of Looking at Life 2 2 8 793 9 16 39 2,590
The Effect of the State on the Family 0 0 0 5 0 3 7 404
The Family and the State 0 0 0 4 2 4 9 863
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 1 919 1 3 5 2,697
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 4 2 3 9 19
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 230 0 1 5 450
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 268 4 7 19 771
Total Working Papers 12 29 121 24,223 142 329 823 99,271


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Comment on the Conference on Cost-Benefit Analysis 0 0 1 17 1 2 6 765
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 1 2 9 1,240 4 6 23 3,588
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 4 10 23 1,713 15 28 67 5,267
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad 0 4 18 4,005 11 23 60 19,540
A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 3 16 33 4,244 18 63 112 13,094
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 0 1 11 128 4 10 38 536
A Theory of Marriage: Part I 4 7 21 6,268 19 49 96 17,886
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 1 2 3 1,906 2 8 19 4,983
A Theory of Rational Addiction 5 11 38 7,423 32 93 192 28,691
A Theory of Social Interactions 3 8 20 1,929 12 36 104 5,663
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology 1 2 8 814 3 13 31 2,727
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology: Reply 0 0 1 376 0 1 4 1,146
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability 0 0 7 1,230 6 23 42 3,249
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 19 4 12 28 3,323
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility 6 20 57 1,830 16 67 156 5,299
Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children 0 2 6 783 4 14 50 2,248
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 17 61 110 4,573 86 231 417 16,152
Cross-Cultural Differences in Family and Sexual Life 0 0 0 18 2 4 5 125
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum 0 0 0 370 11 28 90 11,516
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 1 1 47 3 5 11 809
Education and Consumption: The Effects of Education in the Household Compared to the Marketplace 0 1 5 289 0 4 12 813
El mercado de bienes ilegales: el caso de la droga 0 0 0 205 0 1 3 821
Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness 0 2 3 205 7 12 18 884
Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 1 4 402 3 8 29 1,242
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 0 69 3 6 22 1,317
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 2 9 32 1,965 11 33 102 4,813
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 2 5 17 876
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 0 0 0 97 1 2 4 464
Growing human capital investment in China compared to falling investment in the United States 0 1 2 152 1 4 8 318
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 2 63 0 3 8 212
Habits, Peers, and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective 0 0 1 260 20 20 26 715
Happiness, Income and Economic Policy 0 0 0 8 1 1 2 24
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 20
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture * 0 0 0 181 0 1 1 437
Health as human capital: synthesis and extensions -super-1 0 0 6 300 3 3 21 644
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 4 13 33 3,600 34 79 214 11,557
Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 0 5 16 1,575 7 21 67 4,482
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 2 12 2,296 6 14 62 6,926
Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations 0 3 3 77 11 21 28 1,025
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 9 35 68 4,301 36 131 253 10,869
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers 2 2 7 1,798 7 24 49 3,689
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection 1 4 20 1,672 7 19 64 3,640
NET NEUTRALITY AND CONSUMER WELFARE 0 1 1 32 3 6 10 131
Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior 1 6 31 2,295 5 30 95 5,633
Old-Age Longevity and Mortality-Contingent Claims 0 1 4 320 1 4 10 852
On the Economics of Capital Punishment 3 3 4 376 5 8 14 1,116
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 0 2 146 1 2 9 330
On the Economics of the Family: Reply to a Skeptic 0 0 0 216 2 2 2 655
On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children 3 13 42 2,864 18 48 143 7,247
On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family 1 1 2 202 3 4 15 572
Population and Economic Growth 0 1 7 1,090 2 5 19 2,848
Preference Formation within Families 0 0 0 45 1 3 7 97
Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs 0 1 6 710 5 11 25 1,486
REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE WHEN PROVIDING FOR ADVERSITY 0 0 0 11 3 3 6 120
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 1 2 8 809 5 9 22 2,124
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation: Comment 0 0 2 232 2 2 5 641
Selling the Right to Immigrate 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 144
Social Consumption: The World of Veblen Revisited 0 0 0 126 0 1 4 341
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 1 3 20 1,804 7 19 80 5,371
The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 1 1 22 498 9 20 78 2,940
The Equilibrium Distribution of Income and the Market for Status 1 1 2 118 5 8 15 928
The Family and the State 0 0 5 84 4 6 19 1,621
The Friedman-Becker Illusion: Reply 1 1 3 149 2 3 10 401
The Future of Law and Economics 0 1 3 97 3 7 10 241
The Manipulation of Children's Preferences, Old-Age Support, and Investment in Children's Human Capital 1 2 7 138 3 11 26 450
The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 0 302 2 2 5 632
The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 3 8 380 2 12 21 1,229
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 1 5 716 6 19 33 2,383
The economics of crime 0 0 0 0 14 60 269 10,839
The shortage of kidneys for transplant: Altruism, exchanges, opt in vs. opt out, and the market for kidneys 1 1 5 33 5 9 26 89
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation: Comment 1 1 2 20 3 4 10 794
U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs: Comments 0 0 0 34 0 2 3 222
UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 35
Una teoría de la distribución del tiempo 1 2 4 32 2 6 9 78
Unemployment in Europe and the United States 0 0 0 17 0 0 1 78
Voir La Vie De Façon Économique 0 1 1 18 0 1 4 58
Total Journal Articles 80 272 778 72,376 536 1,455 3,572 255,155
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Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Treatise on the Family 0 0 0 0 47 131 368 4,978
An Economic Analysis of the Family 0 0 3 51 1 1 10 112
Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment 0 0 0 0 5 18 49 3,222
Human Capital 0 0 0 0 4 16 55 1,262
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, First Edition 0 0 0 0 329 872 2,021 5,317
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 0 0 68 252 685 9,197
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 0 0 73 167 533 19,136
The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 0 6 13 20 2,109
The Economic Approach 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 28
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior 0 0 0 0 19 38 106 2,321
The Economics of Discrimination 0 0 0 0 16 61 176 3,401
Uncommon Sense 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 151
Total Books 0 0 3 51 571 1,576 4,034 51,234


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Marriage 0 2 8 543 5 18 47 1,960
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 1 1 666 3 11 22 1,915
A Theory of the Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 1 3 395 2 11 21 931
Accounting for the Growth of Government 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 18
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 0 8 305 1 2 15 481
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 1 3 12 635 5 10 24 948
An Economic Analysis of Fertility 13 35 138 2,411 97 247 786 8,800
Appendix A, Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 2 8 125 1 4 10 208
Appendix A: Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 1 3 5 317 1 5 10 420
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 6 136 1 1 8 223
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 2 4 7 300 3 5 12 432
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 2 8 18 1,802 22 51 115 7,129
Human Capital Revisited 6 15 47 862 20 47 126 1,636
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 1 1 13 1,257 4 14 43 3,497
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 1 11 433 4 24 67 1,283
Interaction between Quantity and Quality of Children 2 8 14 384 6 26 67 1,052
Introduction to the First Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 4 10 29 278 8 22 57 519
Introduction to the First Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 1 7 37 699 6 17 70 1,125
Introduction to the Second Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 5 18 59 534 13 44 137 1,171
Introduction to the Second Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 4 13 52 1,169 12 40 140 2,289
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 1 5 18 117 13 39 93 585
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 6 8 30 811 15 26 70 1,656
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 5 12 49 1,919 10 24 100 3,654
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 1 4 17 611 3 8 29 1,465
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 3 8 26 1,018 5 10 33 1,571
Rates of Return from College Education 1 3 10 742 2 8 21 1,228
Rates of Return from College Education 1 4 14 315 4 9 28 509
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 1 3 9 454 2 6 13 640
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 1 1 7 209 4 4 11 335
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 3 6 27 382 7 12 40 636
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 3 7 36 872 10 20 72 1,266
Synthesis and Further Applications of the Empirical Analysis 0 0 1 76 0 2 3 118
The Allocation of Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 0 2 117 3 7 10 205
The Allocation of Time Over the Life Cycle 0 0 1 171 7 15 21 326
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 1 1 8 383 10 13 44 961
Underinvestment in College Education? 0 2 10 226 1 6 17 380
Underinvestment in College Education? 1 3 9 473 2 6 14 682
Working with Jacob Mincer: Reminiscences of Columbia’s Labor Workshop 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 7
Total Chapters 70 199 750 22,147 316 820 2,405 52,261


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