Gary S. Becker

146.4k citations
208 papers · 92.8k · 47 hit papers · h-index 72

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Gary S. Becker

191 papers receiving 77.1k citations

Gary S. Becker's Hit Papers

De gustibus non est disputandum 2010 · 748 citations
7480+13+26Years since publication2.0k4.0k6.0k

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Gary S. Becker
Comparison fields: 5 of 211
  • Gender Studies 19.1k
  • General Decision Sciences 2.8k
  • Economics and Econometrics 40.7k
  • Demography 12.9k
  • Safety Research 8.7k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Gary S. Becker, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach
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19688940
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A Theory of the Allocation of Time
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19657030
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A Treatise on the Family
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19916413
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Human Capital
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19835158
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Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis
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19625105
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Human Capital. A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education
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19653837
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Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education
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19643457
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The Economic Approach to Human Behavior
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19763374
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A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence
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19832769
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The Economics of Discrimination.
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19722711
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Human Capital
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19932652
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A Theory of Rational Addiction
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19882512
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A Theory of Marriage: Part I
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19732432
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A Theory of Social Interactions
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19742145
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The Economics of Discrimination
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19572075
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Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families
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19861902
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Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor
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19851675
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An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility
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19791456
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The Economics of Discrimination
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19711371
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Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth
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19901334

About Gary S. Becker

Gary S. Becker is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations and Demography, having authored 208 papers that have together received 92.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (30 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (24 papers), Economic Theory and Institutions (16 papers), Economic theories and models (15 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (10 papers), Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (10 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (9 papers) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Gender Studies (19.1k citations), General Decision Sciences (2.8k citations), Economics and Econometrics (40.7k citations), Demography (12.9k citations) and Safety Research (8.7k citations). Gary S. Becker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Kevin Murphy, H. V. Muhsam, Nigel Tomes, David Collard, Richard Leonard, George J. Stigler, Isaac Ehrlich, Robert J. Barro, Guy Caire and Robert T. Michael. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, The Journal of Law and Economics and Journal of Labor Economics.

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