non-economic, phenomena. One such application involves explaining (and estimating) employment earnings as a function of …

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 …

across countries in employment and earnings gaps at age 30. At age 50, however, employment between mothers and non … these gaps do not fully close. Motherhood gaps in earnings also close by age 50 between mothers and non …-mothers, particularly among the highly educated. But there is strong persistence in earnings gaps between mothers and fathers even among …

earnings differential of 2.3 log points remains even after controlling for both individual- and firm-level unobserved … heterogeneity. The analysis of the mothers and childless women's earnings trajectories over time reveals that "mothers to be …" experience important earnings increases (of up to 6 log points) several years prior to giving birth to their first child. However …

across countries in employment and earnings gaps at age 30. At age 50, however, employment between mothers and non … these gaps do not fully close. Motherhood gaps in earnings also close by age 50 between mothers and non …-mothers, particularly among the highly educated. But there is strong persistence in earnings gaps between mothers and fathers even among …