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A General Equilibrium Model of 'Efficient' Unions 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 18
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 0 2 2 16 6 18 32 2,911
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 1 2 11 909 12 46 115 2,957
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 0 0 2 1,008 13 16 27 2,437
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good 0 1 1 12 1 3 8 1,979
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 1 1 8 402 14 26 63 968
A Theory of Rational Addiction 1 4 12 51 9 25 62 3,821
A Theory of Social Interactions 0 0 6 4,134 12 24 75 12,544
A Theory of the Production and Allocation of Effort 0 1 4 469 3 4 9 1,410
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 1 8 7 11 26 2,143
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 2 1,605 10 16 31 4,971
Autobiography 0 0 0 95 0 0 2 213
Child Endowments, and the Quantity and Quality of Children 0 0 5 1,169 15 24 47 3,697
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 11
Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 0 1 1 5 0 3 4 1,081
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 0 0 649 0 3 8 1,618
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 0 1 2 606 1 4 17 2,396
Economics of Marital Instability 1 1 1 434 3 4 12 1,580
Erosion Control: Costs and Income Distribution Under Regulation, Tax and Subsidy 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 16
FERTILITY CHOICE IN A MODEL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 0 0 0 1 8 13 24 1,974
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 2 885 1 4 16 1,638
Fear and the Response to Terrorism: An Economic Analysis 4 12 20 1,242 10 30 91 3,567
Fear and the response to terrorism: an economic analysis 1 1 1 3 3 6 17 34
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 1 6 12 1,061 10 20 47 2,088
Fertility and Economy 0 0 0 1 4 11 23 1,199
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 861
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 0 1 1 5 19 1,273
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 0 3 17 1 4 20 1,993
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 0 6 9 11 21 2,221
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 1 4 32 2 5 29 169
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 1 2 2,600 12 15 31 5,990
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 1 1,596 8 9 23 3,484
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 1 162 2 3 8 605
Mortality Contingent Claims, Health Care, and Social Insurance 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 1,177
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 1 2 11 2 8 17 38
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 0 0 0 2 2 4 18 1,371
On the Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 1 1 1 17 3 5 23 1,125
Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Dead Weight Costs 0 1 1 13 2 3 14 1,254
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 1 1 3 21 2 6 21 1,308
Reversal of Misfortune: Parodox in Optimization Across Contingencies 0 0 0 185 1 1 8 450
Status, Lotteries, and Inequality 0 0 0 609 3 8 16 1,399
Terminal Care and The Value of Life Near Its End 0 0 3 212 7 8 21 715
The Allocation of Effort, Specific Human Capital, and Differences Between Men and Women in Earnings and Occupations 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 912
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 3 2 4 18 1,832
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 0 0 0 6 1 1 11 1,430
The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 1 4 1,786 5 15 45 5,247
The Economic Way of Looking at Life 2 3 8 797 10 18 48 2,614
The Effect of the State on the Family 0 0 0 5 2 2 11 411
The Family and the State 0 0 0 4 2 3 10 867
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 4 4 6 16 30
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 0 0 0 919 10 13 20 2,714
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 268 2 3 19 778
The Value of Life Near its End and Terminal Care 0 0 1 230 1 1 10 455
Total Working Papers 14 43 129 24,281 242 478 1,288 99,994


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A Comment on the Conference on Cost-Benefit Analysis 0 0 0 17 1 1 5 768
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price 1 3 9 1,244 7 22 45 3,617
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility 1 3 21 1,717 11 28 90 5,306
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad 0 2 16 4,008 4 8 60 19,556
A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence 2 7 35 4,253 21 38 139 13,141
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility 2 5 12 133 8 16 46 556
A Theory of Marriage: Part I 4 16 33 6,288 16 44 125 17,945
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 2 5 1,908 6 11 24 4,996
A Theory of Rational Addiction 2 24 53 7,454 22 90 256 28,805
A Theory of Social Interactions 4 8 24 1,938 20 37 127 5,713
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology 0 6 15 823 2 16 45 2,748
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology: Reply 0 2 2 378 1 8 10 1,154
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability 1 2 6 1,232 10 17 52 3,266
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction 0 0 0 19 16 22 47 3,350
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility 4 17 60 1,847 41 72 201 5,380
Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children 1 1 7 785 17 22 62 2,275
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 8 34 138 4,620 49 157 582 16,381
Cross-Cultural Differences in Family and Sexual Life 0 0 0 18 7 10 18 138
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum 0 0 0 370 12 32 100 11,556
Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government 1 1 3 49 3 5 22 823
Education and Consumption: The Effects of Education in the Household Compared to the Marketplace 0 1 4 290 6 9 19 825
El mercado de bienes ilegales: el caso de la droga 0 0 0 205 1 4 12 830
Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness 0 1 5 207 1 5 26 894
Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 1 3 403 1 4 31 1,253
Family Economics and Macro Behavior 0 0 0 69 1 5 24 1,327
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth 6 11 38 1,978 14 34 126 4,858
Fertility and the Economy 0 0 0 0 1 6 21 884
George Joseph Stigler. January 11,1911 - December 1,1991 0 0 0 5 1 2 2 36
George Joseph Stigler: January 17, 1911-December 1, 1991 0 0 1 98 3 3 12 472
Growing human capital investment in China compared to falling investment in the United States 0 0 3 154 2 2 11 324
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions 0 1 3 65 0 2 12 219
Habits, Peers, and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective 0 0 0 260 2 11 49 741
Happiness, Income and Economic Policy 0 0 0 8 2 4 7 30
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 23
Health and Human Capital: The Inaugural T.W. Schultz Lecture * 0 0 0 181 1 2 4 440
Health as human capital: synthesis and extensions -super-1 0 1 3 301 2 5 23 655
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 2 8 36 3,614 23 46 212 11,621
Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor 1 5 17 1,580 6 18 72 4,505
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 1 9 18 2,309 10 30 73 6,968
Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations 1 1 6 80 4 22 57 1,058
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 8 23 85 4,328 39 81 310 10,978
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers 0 3 10 1,803 9 20 68 3,720
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection 2 8 18 1,680 13 30 77 3,677
NET NEUTRALITY AND CONSUMER WELFARE 0 2 3 34 2 5 15 138
Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior 2 6 27 2,304 8 29 105 5,674
Old-Age Longevity and Mortality-Contingent Claims 0 1 3 321 3 6 19 863
On the Economics of Capital Punishment 1 3 7 379 10 16 31 1,134
On the Economics of Climate Policy 0 1 1 147 0 1 9 334
On the Economics of the Family: Reply to a Skeptic 0 0 0 216 0 2 7 660
On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children 5 14 51 2,880 28 60 177 7,316
On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family 0 1 4 204 0 4 17 580
Population and Economic Growth 1 1 4 1,091 3 6 19 2,856
Preference Formation within Families 0 1 1 46 0 3 7 101
Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs 0 1 2 711 2 6 31 1,499
REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE WHEN PROVIDING FOR ADVERSITY 0 0 0 11 2 5 9 125
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption 0 1 3 810 1 2 16 2,130
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation: Comment 0 0 0 232 1 1 4 643
Selling the Right to Immigrate 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 149
Social Consumption: The World of Veblen Revisited 0 1 1 127 0 1 3 342
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 2 3 16 1,807 8 22 84 5,401
The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference 3 4 20 505 10 17 81 2,969
The Equilibrium Distribution of Income and the Market for Status 0 1 3 119 1 3 23 938
The Family and the State 0 0 3 84 1 3 20 1,627
The Friedman-Becker Illusion: Reply 0 0 2 149 1 1 11 405
The Future of Law and Economics 0 0 3 98 1 1 12 244
The Manipulation of Children's Preferences, Old-Age Support, and Investment in Children's Human Capital 1 1 6 140 4 14 42 473
The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women 0 0 0 302 2 2 9 636
The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs 0 2 9 383 6 13 39 1,250
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality 1 3 4 719 18 28 59 2,419
The economics of crime 0 0 0 0 7 23 178 10,883
The shortage of kidneys for transplant: Altruism, exchanges, opt in vs. opt out, and the market for kidneys 0 1 4 35 8 12 30 104
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation: Comment 0 2 4 22 1 3 13 800
U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs: Comments 0 0 0 34 2 2 7 226
UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 36
Una teoría de la distribución del tiempo 1 1 5 34 2 3 12 82
Unemployment in Europe and the United States 0 0 0 17 0 0 1 79
Voir La Vie De Façon Économique 0 0 1 18 2 2 10 64
Total Journal Articles 69 257 876 72,707 554 1,301 4,416 256,992
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A Treatise on the Family 0 0 0 0 70 153 440 5,162
An Economic Analysis of the Family 0 1 4 53 4 6 21 126
Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment 0 0 0 0 6 13 58 3,240
Human Capital 0 0 0 0 7 16 56 1,283
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, First Edition 0 0 0 0 273 777 2,693 6,345
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 0 0 0 0 41 168 767 9,426
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 0 0 0 49 176 606 19,382
The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 0 7 12 34 2,127
The Economic Approach 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 31
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior 0 0 0 0 13 47 134 2,383
The Economics of Discrimination 0 0 0 0 21 78 233 3,517
Uncommon Sense 0 0 0 0 4 10 16 164
Total Books 0 1 4 53 497 1,458 5,068 53,186


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Theory of Marriage 2 5 12 548 6 17 63 1,991
A Theory of Marriage: Part II 0 3 4 669 11 21 42 1,939
A Theory of the Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle 0 0 2 396 3 5 24 940
Accounting for the Growth of Government 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 20
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 1 11 637 2 3 23 952
Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital 0 0 8 305 0 2 17 487
An Economic Analysis of Fertility 14 42 155 2,470 64 200 834 9,061
Appendix A, Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 1 1 9 126 6 7 23 221
Appendix A: Sources and Methods, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 0 2 7 320 1 4 15 427
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 0 3 12 228
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 3 10 304 3 7 18 441
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach 5 14 28 1,817 35 84 192 7,234
Human Capital Revisited 5 11 51 876 14 34 149 1,686
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families 0 0 8 1,258 12 26 62 3,530
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth 0 0 11 435 9 20 85 1,319
Interaction between Quantity and Quality of Children 1 5 15 389 4 17 73 1,074
Introduction to the First Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 1 6 31 287 1 12 63 539
Introduction to the First Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 2 9 33 710 6 24 73 1,154
Introduction to the Second Edition of Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education 4 7 54 543 10 35 143 1,212
Introduction to the Second Edition, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education 1 11 55 1,184 10 49 158 2,347
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis 2 9 22 126 13 27 113 622
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 3 7 33 819 11 24 95 1,694
Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings 2 10 52 1,934 7 26 115 3,694
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 0 3 25 1,025 0 8 39 1,588
Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return 1 2 18 615 4 11 42 1,484
Rates of Return from College Education 1 2 16 750 3 6 32 1,242
Rates of Return from College Education 0 0 13 316 1 4 29 517
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 0 1 8 456 1 2 15 645
Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time 0 0 9 211 0 3 19 344
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition 1 3 25 386 2 12 46 652
Summary and Conclusions, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second Edition 2 10 37 886 7 20 71 1,293
Synthesis and Further Applications of the Empirical Analysis 0 0 0 76 2 4 9 125
The Allocation of Goods Over the Life Cycle 1 1 1 118 2 4 14 212
The Allocation of Time Over the Life Cycle 0 0 0 171 6 8 29 337
The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge 1 2 9 385 13 30 69 996
Underinvestment in College Education? 0 0 10 227 1 2 19 385
Underinvestment in College Education? 0 1 8 475 1 3 19 691
Working with Jacob Mincer: Reminiscences of Columbia’s Labor Workshop 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11
Total Chapters 51 171 795 22,386 272 765 2,858 53,334


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