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"As an economist and a public intellectual, Gary Becker was a giant. He won a Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work in human capital, the John Bates Clark Medal as the best American economist under 40, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contributions to public life and welfare. He...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Enlarged Edition -- Introduction -- 1. Single-Person Households -- 2. Division of Labor in Households and Families 30 Supplement: Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor -- 3. Polygamy and Monogamy in Marriage Markets -- 4. Assortative...
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- PART I. PERSONAL CAPITAL -- 1. Preferences and Values -- 2. De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum -- 3. A Theory of Rational Addiction -- 4. Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption -- 5. An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction -- 6. Habits,...
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This groundbreaking title brings together a critical selection of key papers by the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics that have helped shape the development and present state of economics. The editors have organised this comprehensive series by theme and focuses on those Laureates working in...
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