predicts human capital should respond to market returns, social norms (e.g., disapproval of women working outside the home) may … weaken or even sever this link for girls. Though many studies have examined the link between women's wages or labor force …, and difficulty in identifying which of several mechanisms (returns, bargaining power, income, etc.) link the two. To …

predicts human capital should respond to market returns, social norms (e.g., disapproval of women working outside the home) may … weaken or even sever this link for girls. Though many studies have examined the link between women's wages or labor force …, and difficulty in identifying which of several mechanisms (returns, bargaining power, income, etc.) link the two. To …

This paper examines the long-run effects of the 1980-1982 recession on education and income. Using confidential Census … capita in their county of birth reduces four-year college degree attainment by 10 percent and income in adulthood by 3 … graduates and $42-$87 billion less earned income per year. …

Adolescence has been highlighted as a period when environments are critical for the human capital development of women …, and thus of their children, but evidence on this from low- and middle-income countries is scarce. We estimate the effect …

suggest that the magnitude of the contribution of the in-creased human capital of women to post-war economic growth is … evolution of the human capital of women requires new approaches to measuring their human capital. …