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GARY BECKER AND THE ART OF ECONOMICS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2015

Aloysius Siow
Aloysius Siow*
Affiliation:
Professor of Economics, University of Toronto, Canada
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Extract

Gary Becker, an American economist, died on May 3, 2014, at the age of 83. His major contribution was the systematic application of economics to the analysis of social issues. He used economics to study discrimination, criminal behavior, human capital, marriage, fertility and other social issues.

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ObituaryGary Becker
Type
Special Section: Essays in honor of Gary Becker
Information
Journal of Demographic Economics , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 3 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © Université catholique de Louvain 2015 

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