Gary Becker

(1930- )

Gary Becker

Gary Stanley Becker is an American economist.

Known for his work at the University of Chicago, he won The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1992 for "having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behavior and interaction, including non-market behavior".

He was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

His work includes seminal articles on the economics of discrimination, crime, family, drugs, and social interaction.

Major Works of Gary S. Becker

- Classical Monetary Theory: The outcome of the discussion, with W.J. Baumol, 1952, Economica
- A Statistical Illusion in Judging Keynesian Models, with Milton Friedman, 1957, JPE
- The Economics of Discrimination, 1957
- Competition and Democracy, 1958, JLawE
- Union Restrictions on Entry, 1959, in Bradley, editor, Public Stake in Union Power
- An Economic Analysis of Fertility, 1960, in Coale et al. Demographic and Economic Change in Developed Countries
- Irrational Behavior and Economic Theory, 1962, JPE
- Investment in Human Capital: A theoretical analysis, 1962, JPE
- Human Capital, 1964
- The Theory of the Allocation of Time, 1965, EJ
- Human Capital and Personal Distribution of Income: An analytical approach, 1967
- Crime and Punishment: An economic approach, 1968, JPE
- Economic Theory, 1971
- Market Insurance, Self-Insurance and Self-Protection, with I. Ehrlich, 1972, JPE
- On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children, with H.G. Lewis, 1973, JPE
- On the New Theory of Consumer Behavior, with R.T. Michael, 1973, Swedish JE
- A Theory of Marriage: Part I, 1973, JPE
- A Theory of Marriage: Part II, 1974, JPE
- On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family, 1974, AER
- The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle, with G. Ghez, 1974
- A Theory of Social Interactions, 1974, JPE
- Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers, with G.J. Stigler, 1974, J of Legal Studies
- The Economic Approach to Human Behavior, 1976
- Altruism, Egoism and Genetic Fitness: economics and sociobiology, 1976, JEL
- Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children, with N. Tomes, 1976, JPE
- An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability, with E.M. Landes and R.T. Michael, 1977, JPE
- De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum, with G.J. Stigler, 1977, AER
- An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility, with N. Tomes, 1979, JPE
- A Treatise on the Family, 1981
- Altruism in the Family and Selfishness in the Marketplace, 1981, Economica
- Human Capital, Effort, and Sexual Division of Labor, 1985, J Law Econ
- Public Policies, Pressure Groups and Deadweight Costs, 1985, JPubE
- Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families, with N. Tomes, 1986, J Labor Econ
- Economic Analysis and Human Behavior, 1987, in Green and Kagel, editors, Advances in Behavioral Economics
- A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility, with R.J. Barro, 1988, QJE
- A Theory of Rational Addiction, with K. Murphy, 1988, JPE
- Family Economics and Macrobehavior, 1988, AER
- The Family and the State, with K. Murphy, 1988, JLawE
- Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth, with R.J. Barro, 1989, Econometrica
- A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price, 1991, JPE
- Habits, Addictions and Traditions, 1992, Kyklos
- The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs and Knowledge, with K.M. Murphy, 1992, QJE
- The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior, 1993, JPE


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