Gary Becker

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Economist
gptkbp:advocated_for Human Capital Investment
Market Solutions to Social Issues
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:associated_with Becker's Law
gptkbp:awarded_for gptkb:Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences
gptkbp:birth_date December 2, 1930
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Pottsville,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:born December 2, 1930
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:contribution Economic Analysis of Human Behavior
gptkbp:death_date May 3, 2014
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:developed_by Becker's Model of Marriage
gptkbp:died May 3, 2014
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:famous_quote “ The family is an important economic unit.”
gptkbp:field gptkb:Social_issues
gptkb:sociology
Demography
Economics
Public policy
Labor economics
Education economics
Crime economics
Family economics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gary Becker
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Alfred_Marshall
gptkb:Gary_S._Becker
gptkb:Richard_Posner
gptkb:Gary_Becker's_Law
gptkb:James_Heckman
gptkb:David_Card
gptkb:Thomas_Sowell
gptkb:Friedrich_Hayek
gptkb:Lawrence_Katz
gptkb:Edward_P._Lazear
Behavioral economics
Development economics
Econometrics
Environmental economics
Health economics
Industrial organization
Welfare economics
Labor economics
Information economics
Labor Economics
Game theory
Public choice theory
Public economics
Statistical economics
Experimental economics
Quantitative economics
Human capital theory
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Milton_Friedman
gptkbp:is_criticized_for Welfare State
gptkbp:is_taught_in gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:known_for Human Capital Theory
Economic analysis of human behavior
Becker's Law
Becker's Theory of Discrimination
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_feature Human capital
Economic analysis of crime
Economic analysis of education
Economic analysis of family behavior
Economic approach to discrimination
gptkbp:notable_work A Treatise on the Family
gptkbp:position_held Professor at University of Chicago
gptkbp:published_work The Economic Approach to Human Behavior
gptkbp:role gptkb:Economist
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:G._S._Becker
gptkbp:supported gptkb:Education_Reform
gptkbp:won gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Economics_1992
gptkbp:won_award gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences
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gptkb:James_A._Buchanan
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