I Chicago, i whakaawe a Becker i a Milton Friedman, i kiia e Becker ko "te kaiako ora tino nui rawa atu i a au". I mua i te 30 tau, i tiimata ia ki te whakaako i te Whare Wananga o Columbia i te 1957, a i te tau 1970 ka hoki mai ki te Whare Wananga o Chicago. I te tau 1965 i pootihia ia hei mema o te American Statistical Association. Ko Becker tetahi o nga hoa whakatakoto o TGG Group, he umanga me te kamupene kaitohutohu atawhai. I riro i a Becker te John Bates Clark Medal i te tau 1967. I pootihia ia hei mema o te American Academy of Arts and Sciences i te tau 1972, me te Ph.D. i te Whare Wananga o Chicago i te tau 1955 me te kaupapa i tapaina ko The Economics of Racial Discrimination. I Chicago, i whakaaweawe a Becker i a Milton Friedman, i kiia e Becker ko "te kaiwhakaako ora tino nui rawa atu i a au i nga wa katoa".
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