Over the past forty years women have made significant advancements in the labor force through the elimination of gender barriers and increases in earnings potential and human capital accumulation. In this paper I attempt to analyze how the relationship between fertility timing and the career...

This paper examines the abnormal stock returns generated by the primary stock recommendations of Jim Cramer on his television show Mad Money between the dates of July 8, 2005 and February 2, 2006. Mad Money is broadcast on CNBC, and is currently its highest rated programming, drawing over...

I argue that household specialization and investment in firm-specific human capital explainthe male marriage premium. First I develop a model of human capital in which to-be-married men invest in human capital over two rounds. The promise of high returns to the second round of investment...

This is an investigation into and analysis of Major League Baseball General Managers from 1995-2005. Its aim is to evaluate General Managers based on the performance of the teams they create. It is also meant to put General Managers under the public microscope, a place which has previously been...