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 …

augments a conventional human capital earnings function with information on occupations. It also estimates models of … occupational attainment. The results from both the earnings function and model of occupational attainment indicate that the limited …

(the three E's) for proficiency. It also focuses on the labor market consequences (earnings) of proficiency for immigrants …

This paper analyzes the effect on earnings of the matching of English language skills to occupational requirements. It … levels of English skills in each of over 500 occupations in the US Census. Earnings data from the 2000 US Census for foreign …-born adult male workers are then examined in relation to these occupational English requirements. The analyses show that earnings …

job, has a large effect on earnings among the native born, and an even larger effect among the foreign born. This effect …, are held constant. Earnings increase with the respondent's own proficiency in English, with the English proficiency …

This paper examines the determinants of occupational attainment and the impact of occupation on earnings. Results for … both the native born and foreign born are presented, and these provide insights as to the earnings penalties associated … earnings gains associated with years of schooling derives from inter-occupational mobility. When occupation is held constant …

This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation …, by level of skill, and by occupation. While point estimates differ, particularly when earnings equations are estimated …

effect of concentrations on the immigrant?s language skills, as well as the effects on immigrant earnings of destination … language skills. Moreover, immigrant?s earnings are lower the lower their English-language proficiency and the greater the … linguistic concentration in their origin language of the area in which they live. The adverse effects on earnings of poor …

lower payoff to schooling because of the different effects under-education and over-education have on their earnings. The …