The views of William Petty on the nature of human capital; the special significance for economic development and the growth of wealth; the appraisal of the human value; the role of education and health care in the human capital formation; the responsibilities of the family, businesses and the...

In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable achievements in education as well as its...

Does the brain drain have negative or positive effect on the development and growth of those left behind? This paper shows the empirical and theoretical relevance of the phenomenon and reviews both the traditional literature and recent contributions on the effects of the brain drain. The first...

The aim of the research is to evaluate the results of Italian university teaching in viticulture and oenology with investigation into the professional outcomes of the graduates of two Italian universities. The research shows that the oenologists taught by the universities find jobs very rapidly,...

In Italia la regolamentazione del mercato del lavoro ammette che nel settore dei servizi per l’impiego operino intermediari sia pubblici sia privati. I servizi pubblici per l’impiego (SPI) esercitano la funzione di incontro domanda-offerta di lavoro secondo logiche differenti dagli operatori...

While women's employment opportunities, relative wages, and the child quantity-quality trade-off have been studied as factors underlying historical fertility limitation, the role of parental education has received little attention. We combine Prussian county data from three censuses--1816, 1849,...

What one does not know, in the form of unobserved heterogeneity, can mislead one in empirical estimates. A simple model of intrahousehold allocations illustrates the possible importance of unobserved factors such as abilities in determining human resources and their impacts. The author reviews...

We investigate how increases in publication delays have affected the life-cycle of publications of recent Ph.D. graduates in economics. We construct a panel dataset of 14,271 individuals who were awarded Ph.D.s between 1986 and 2000 in US and Canadian economics departments. For this population...

In this paper I use a large data set to analyze two aspects of the Latin American arts: (1) the nature of artistic creative process, and (2) Latin American art as an investment. I use data on auctions to understand the relation between artists' age and the value of their work. The analysis on...

This study examines directions for work redesign which might lead to the creation of sustainable jobs for lower-educated older workers (45 years or over, ISCED 0-2) and thus motivate and enable them to extend their working lives. We use longitudinal data on 1,264 older Dutch workers collected by...