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Kevin Murphy

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ORCID

402

Works

38,074

Citations

68

h-index

187

i10-index

Research Topics

Seed and Plant Biochemistry Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Affiliations

Boston University2005–2005

Northwestern University2018–2019

The Graduate Center, CUNY2004–2004

University of Wyoming2023–2023

Hoover Institution2006–2019

Top Works

Changes in Relative Wages, 1963-1987: Supply and Demand Factors

Lawrence F. Katz,Kevin Murphy

19924,503 citations

Economic Growth and Productivity

Food composition and properties

A Theory of Rational Addiction

Gary S. Becker,Kevin Murphy

19883,804 citations

Wage Inequality and the Rise in Returns to Skill

Chinhui Juhn,Kevin Murphy,et al.

19932,839 citations

Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth

Gary S. Becker,Kevin Murphy,et al.

19901,958 citations

Industrialization and the Big Push

Kevin Murphy,Andrei Shleifer,et al.

19891,540 citations

Why Is Rent-Seeking So Costly to Growth?

Kevin Murphy,Andrei Shleifer,et al.

20081,486 citations

Estimation and Inference in Two-Step Econometric Models

Kevin Murphy,Robert Topel

20021,356 citations

The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge

Gary S. Becker,Kevin Murphy

19921,183 citations

An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction

Gary S. Becker,Michael Grossman,et al.

1990862 citations