Gary Becker

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Nobel laureate in Economics economist human

Gary Becker was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for applying economic analysis to a wide range of human behaviors, including crime, discrimination, and family decisions.

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Gary S. Becker ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Economics → economist → human →
academicDegree	PhD in economics →
awardReceived	John Bates Clark Medal → National Medal of Science → Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1930-12-02 →
dateOfDeath	2014-05-03 →
doctoralAdvisor	Milton Friedman →
educatedAt	Princeton University → University of Chicago →
employer	Columbia University → Hoover Institution → University of Chicago →
familyName	Becker →
fieldOfWork	economics of crime → economics of discrimination → family economics → human capital theory → labor economics → law and economics → microeconomics → social economics →
givenName	Gary →
influenced	Edward Lazear → Kevin Murphy → Steven Levitt →
influencedBy	George Stigler → Milton Friedman →
memberOf	Chicago school of economics →
notableWork	A Treatise on the Family → Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach → Human Capital → The Economics of Discrimination →
occupation	author → economist → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States of America →
placeOfDeath	Chicago, Illinois, United States of America →
positionHeld	Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago → Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago →
sexOrGender	male →
theoryDeveloped	economic analysis of crime → economic analysis of the family → economic theory of discrimination → modern human capital theory →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
James Heckman → law and economics movement →	influencedBy
Chicago School economics →	associatedWithPerson
Mont Pelerin Society →	hasMember
Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics ("Gary S. Becker") →	namedAfter
John Bates Clark Medal →	notableRecipient