Utilizing an established economic framework grounded in Becker's (1981) path-breaking analysis of altruism and envy within the family, this paper explores the determinants of hate crimes, also known as bias-motivated crimes. Making use of a unique data set on hate crimes compiled by the FBI, we...

This article explores determinants of elderly migration in the United States by extending the more formal model developed by Conway and Houtenville (1998) instead of the more traditional “investment†model. The approach is twofold. In the authors' model, they clarify the publicly...

Clarence Ayres wished to avoid moral relativism or agnosticism in the social sciences, yet he also rejected what he called the âtranscendentalâ epistemology of classical philosophy, an epistemology grounded in the desire to know absolute or ultimate truths. He wanted to find a middle ground...

Clarke and Strauss (1998), among others, have determined that the magnitude of financial transfers to unwed mothers is positively related to out-of-wedlock fertility rates. Increases in fertility rates must be accompanied by increases in unprotected sex, and unprotected sex allows for the spread...

A dramatic decline in newspaper consumption has been observed in recent years. This paper offers a theoretical justification for this phenomenon based on the opportunity cost of household time. A rising labor force participation rate, which proxies the opportunity cost of household production,...

G. S. Becker's model of time inputs in household production is tested in this paper utilizing home versus restaurant food production and consumption. Tests of the model show that both the ratio of restaurant to total meal consumption and the ratio of fast food to restaurant meals are positively...