List of Publications by Subject:

Foundations of Human Behavior

The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference
Gary S. Becker; Casey B. Mulligan
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 112, No. 3. (Aug., 1997), pp. 729-758.
Nobel Lecture: The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 101, No. 3. (Jun., 1993), pp. 385-409.
Habits, Addictions, and Traditions
Gary S. Becker
Kyklos, Vol. 45 (3)(1992), pp. 327-45.
Economics of Drugs 
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption
Gary S. Becker; Michael Grossman; Kevin M. Murphy
The American Economic Review, Vol. 81, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Hundred and Third Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 1991), pp. 237-241.
A Theory of Rational Addiction
Gary S. Becker; Kevin M. Murphy
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 96, No. 4. (Aug., 1988), pp. 675-700.
Altruism in the Family and Selfishness in the Market Place
Gary S. Becker
Economica, New Series, Vol. 48, No. 189. (Feb., 1981), pp. 1-15.
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum
George J. Stigler; Gary S. Becker
The American Economic Review, Vol. 67, No. 2. (Mar., 1977), pp. 76-90.
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology: Reply
Gary S. Becker
Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 15, No. 2. (June 1977), pp. 506-07
Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology
Gary S. Becker
Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 14, No. 3. (Sep., 1976), pp. 817-826.
A Theory of Social Interactions
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 82, No. 6. (Nov. - Dec., 1974), pp. 1063-1093.
The New Approach to Consumer Behavior
Robert T. Michael; Gary S. Becker
Swedish Journal of Economics, 75, 4 (1973).
Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection
Isaac Ehrlich; Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 80, No. 4. (Jul. - Aug., 1972), pp. 623-648.
A Theory of the Allocation of Time
Gary S. Becker
The Economic Journal, Vol. 75, No. 299. (Sep., 1965), pp. 493-517.
Rational Action and Economic Theory: A Reply to I. Kirzner
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 71, No. 1. (Feb., 1963), pp. 82-83.
Irrational Behavior and Economic Theory
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 70, No. 1. (Feb., 1962), pp. 1-13.



Family, Marriage and Fertility Fertility and the Economy
Gary S. Becker
Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 5 (3) (1992), pp. 185-201.
On the Economics of the Family: Reply to a Skeptic
Gary S. Becker
The American Economic Review, Vol. 79, No. 3. (Jun., 1989), pp. 514-518.
The Family and the State
Gary S. Becker; Kevin M. Murphy
Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 31, No. 1. (Apr., 1988), pp. 1-18.
A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility
Gary S. Becker; Robert J. Barro
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 103, No. 1. (Feb., 1988), pp. 1-25.
Family
Gary S. Becker
In J. Eatwell, M. Miltage, and P. Newman, eds., The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. Vol. 2. New York: Macmillan (1987).
Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families
Gary S. Becker; Nigel Tomes
Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 4, No. 3, Part 2: The Family and the Distribution of Economic Rewards. (Jul., 1986), pp. S1-S39.
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability
Gary S. Becker; Elisabeth M. Landes; Robert T. Michael
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 85, No. 6. (Dec., 1977), pp. 1141-1188.
Part II: Labor Supply and the Family 
Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children
Gary S. Becker; Nigel Tomes
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 84, No. 4, Part 2: Essays in Labor Economics in Honor of H. Gregg Lewis. (Aug., 1976), pp. S143-S162.
Is Economic Theory With It? 
On the Relevance of the New Economics of the Family
Gary S. Becker
The American Economic Review, Vol. 64, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Eighty-sixth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 1974), pp. 317-319.
A Theory of Marriage: Part II
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 82, No. 2, Part 2: Marriage, Family Human Capital, and Fertility. (Mar. - Apr., 1974), pp. S11-S26.
A Theory of Marriage: Part I
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 81, No. 4. (Jul. - Aug., 1973), pp. 813-846.
On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children
Gary S. Becker; H. Gregg Lewis
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 81, No. 2, Part 2: New Economic Approaches to Fertility. (Mar. - Apr., 1973), pp. S279-S288.
An Economic Analysis of Fertility
Gary S. Becker
In Becker, ed., Demographic and Economic Change in Developed Countries. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press (1960).


Human Capital The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge
Gary S. Becker; Kevin M. Murphy
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 107, No. 4. (Nov., 1992), pp. 1137-1160.
Education, Labor Force Quality, and the Economy: The Adam Smith Address
Gary S. Becker
Business Economics v27, n1 (January 1992), pp. 7-12.
Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor
Gary S. Becker
Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 3, No. 1, Part 2: Trends in Women's Work, Education, and Family Building. (Jan., 1985), pp. S33-S58.
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility
Gary S. Becker; Nigel Tomes
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 87, No. 6. (Dec., 1979), pp. 1153-1189.
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation: Comment
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 80, No. 3, Part 2: Investment in Education: The Equity-Efficiency Quandary. (May - Jun., 1972), pp. S252-S255.
Human Capital and the Personal Distribution of Income: An Analitical Approach
Gary S. Becker
Woytinsky Lecture no.1. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Institute of Public Administration (1967).
The Economics of Education 
Education and the Distribution of Earnings
Gary S. Becker; Barry R. Chiswick
The American Economic Review, Vol. 56, No. 1/2. (Mar., 1966), pp. 358-369.
Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 70, No. 5, Part 2: Investment in Human Beings. (Oct., 1962), pp. 9-49.
Investing in Education and Research 
Underinvestment in College Education?
Gary S. Becker
The American Economic Review, Vol. 50, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Seventy-second Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 1960), pp. 346-354.


Discrimination Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor
Gary S. Becker
Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 3, No. 1, Part 2: Trends in Women's Work, Education, and Family Building. (Jan., 1985), pp. S33-S58.
The Forces Determining Discrimination in the Marketplace
Gary S. Becker
In The Economics of Discrimination (1971), and The Essence of Becker (1995).
Effective Discrimination
Gary S. Becker
In The Economics of Discrimination (1971), and The Essence of Becker (1995).
Discrimination and the Occupational Progress of Negroes: A Comment
Gary S. Becker
Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 44, No. 2 (May 1962).
Union Restrictions on Entry
Gary S. Becker
In P. D. Bradley, ed., The Public Stake in Union Power. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press (1959).


Growth Population and Economic Growth 
Population and Economic Growth
Gary S. Becker; Edward L. Glaeser; Kevin M. Murphy
The American Economic Review, Vol. 89, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the One Hundred
Eleventh Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 1999), pp. 145-149.
Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth
Gary S. Becker; Kevin M. Murphy; Robert Tamura
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 98, No. 5, Part 2: The Problem of Development: A Conference of the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise Systems. (Oct., 1990), pp. S12-S37.
Fertility Choice in a Model of Economic Growth
Robert J. Barro; Gary S. Becker
Econometrica, Vol. 57, No. 2. (Mar., 1989), pp. 481-501.


Law A Comment on the Conference on Cost-Benefit Analysis
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 29, No. 2, Cost-Benefit Analysis: Legal, Economic, and Philosophical Perspectives. (Jun., 2000), pp. 1149-1152.
The Economics of Crime
Gary S. Becker
Cross Sections, (Fall, 1995) pp. 8-15. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
Privacy and Malfeasance: A Comment
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4, The Law and Economics of Privacy. (Dec., 1980), pp. 823-826.
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation
Gary S. Becker
Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 19, No. 2, Conference on the Economics of Politics and Regulation. (Aug., 1976), pp. 245-248.
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers
Gary S. Becker; George J. Stigler
The Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1. (Jan., 1974), pp. 1-18.
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 76, No. 2. (Mar. - Apr., 1968), pp. 169-217.


Politics Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government
Gary S. Becker; Casey B. Mulligan
The Journal of Law and Economics, vol. XLVI (October 2003).
On the New Institutional Economics: Comments
Gary S. Becker
Contract economics. Werin, Lars; Wijkander, Hans, eds. Cambridge, Mass. and Oxford: Blackwell (1992): pp. 66-71
Public Policies, Pressure Groups, and Dead Weight Costs
Gary S. Becker
Journal of Public Economics v28, n3 (December 1985), pp. 329-47.
A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence
Gary S. Becker
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 98, No. 3. (Aug., 1983), pp. 371-400.
Competition and Democracy
Gary S. Becker
Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 1. (Oct., 1958), pp. 105-109.


Money and Macrobehavior A Proposal for Free Banking
Gary S. Becker
Free banking. Volume 3: Modern theory and policy. (1993): 20-25
Family Economics and Macro Behavior
Gary S. Becker
The American Economic Review, Vol. 78, No. 1. (Mar., 1988), pp. 1-13.
The Friedman-Becker Illusion: Reply
Milton Friedman; Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 66, No. 6. (Dec., 1958), pp. 545-547.
A Statistical Illusion in Judging Keynesian Models
Milton Friedman; Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 65, No. 1. (Feb., 1957), pp. 64-75.
The Classical Monetary Theory: The Outcome of the Discussion
Gary S. Becker; William J. Baumol
Economica, New Series, Vol. 19, No. 76. (Nov., 1952), pp. 355-376.


Industrial Organization An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction
Gary S. Becker; Michael Grossman; Kevin M. Murphy
The American Economic Review, Vol. 84, No. 3. (Jun., 1994), pp. 396-418.
A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad
Gary S. Becker; Kevin M. Murphy
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 108, No. 4. (Nov., 1993), pp. 941-964.
A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 99, No. 5. (Oct., 1991), pp. 1109-1116.


Milton Friedman
Gary S. Becker
In Remembering The University of Chicago: Teachers, Scientists, and Scholars. Edward Shils ed. The University of Chicago Press (1991).
George Joseph Stigler: January 17, 1911-December 1, 1991
Gary S. Becker
The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 101, No. 5. (Oct., 1993), pp. 761-767.
Comments on Danzon, Maki, Murray, and Allen
Gary S. Becker
Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 11, No. 1, Part 2: U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs. (Jan., 1993), pp. S326-S329.
A Note on Multi-Country Trade
Gary S. Becker
The American Economic Review, Vol. 42, No. 4. (Sep., 1952), pp. 558-568.