This paper reviews Jacob Mincer?s contributions to the analyses of earnings and the distribution of earnings through … theoretical literature on the distribution of earnings in the pre-Mincer period, and then discusses his analysis of human capital … and earnings developed in his 1957 doctoral dissertation and 1958 Journal of Political Economy (JPE) article. Further …

criteria can ration visas on one or more characteristics that enhance labor market earnings (e.g., education), or on …

We document changes in the structure of earnings during the economic transition in Poland. We find that inequality in … labor earnings increased substantially from 1988 to 1996. A common view is that the reallocation of workers from a public … increased earnings inequality during transition. However, our decomposition of the sources of the increase in inequality …

disadvantage in urban labor market is compensated by their higher job mobility. After four jobs, the expected earnings …

the hypothesis that Nicaraguan migration to Costa Rica was an important factor contributing to falling earnings, increased …

This paper investigates earnings differentials between immigrants and natives. We focus on returns and on the … human capital, for immigrants and natives, in explaining inter-occupational and intra-occupational earnings progression … mainly driven by intra-occupational earnings progression. Moreover, and contrary to what is observed for natives, we detect …

This paper investigates earnings differentials between immigrants and natives. We focus on returns and on the … human capital, for immigrants and natives, in explaining inter-occupational and intra-occupational earnings progression … mainly driven by intra-occupational earnings progression. Moreover, and contrary to what is observed for natives, we detect …

criteria can ration visas on one or more characteristics that enhance labor market earnings (e.g., education), or on …