Utilizando nacimientos múltiples como variable instrumental (IV) para el tamaño de la familia y datos para 43 países en vías de desarrollo, se encuentra evidencia de que un incremento en el número de niños tiene un costo para toda familia en su conjunto. Las madres son más propensas a...

Wage inequality is a particular focus of attention not only in public debates over the need for social regulation to support equity, but those over the implications of social regulation for productive performance. The present paper employs panel techniques to examine the comparative historical...

In this paper we focus on education as a private decision to invest in ‘human capital’ and the estimation of the rate of return to that private investment. While the literature is replete with studies that estimate the rate of return using regression methods where the estimated return is...

Prior research has identified the manner in which human capital, social capital, and other intangible resources create value for organizations. Among such resources, those contributed by a firm's top managers have been singled out as particularly important for the generation and preservation of...

Doctor of Philosophy

The economic performances of North and South Korea over the past decade have differed significantly. This is largely due to the government policies of the two countries, which affect business in conflicting ways. Despite the differences in economic growth, there are a number of similarities...

En este documento se analiza la forma en que la educación académica y la experiencia profesional correlacionan con el nivel de capital humano, medido por la capacidad cognitiva demostrada en diferentes exámenes numéricos y de comprensión lectora según los datos de la OCDE obtenidos para el...

During the question and answer session, Peter Drucker addresses the following: the aftermath of German inflation, age structure and savings rate, and placing people where their strengths can produce results. Irving Friedman adds that we have very little information and knowledge for making...