title: Gary Becker: Model Economic Scientist.
abstract: This paper presents Gary Becker's approach to conducting creative, empirically fruitful economic research. It describes the traits and methodology that made him such a productive and influential scholar.
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago and American Bar Foundation, Department of Economics, University of Chicago, 1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Heckman