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A Treatise on the Family.
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The mechanics of economic development
Abstract: This paper considers the prospects for constructing a neoclassical theory of growth and international trade that is consistent with some of the main features of economic development. Three models are considered and compared to evidence: a model emphasizing physical capital accumulation and technological change, a model emphasizing human capital accumulation through schooling, and a model emphasizing specialized human capital accumulation through learning-by-doing.
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A Theory of Competition Among Pressure Groups for Political Influence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a theory of competition among pressure groups for political influence, based on the efficiency of each group in producing pressure, the effect of additional pressure on their influence, the number of persons in different groups, and the deadweight cost of taxes and subsidies.
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Giving with Impure Altruism: Applications to Charity and Ricardian Equivalence
TL;DR: The authors formally developed a model of giving in which altruism is not "pure." In particular, people are assumed to get a "warm glow" from giving, and this model generates identifiable comparative statics results that show that crowding out of charity is incomplete and that government debt will have Keynesian effects.
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Psychology and Economics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a longer version of an essay under preparation for possible publication in the Journal of Economic Literature, which they refer to as their work on reference-dependent utility.
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Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor
TL;DR: This article found that married women have lower hourly earnings than married men with the same market human capital, and they economize on the effort expended on market work by seeking less demanding jobs.