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Heterogeneity in the production of human capital

Polachek, Solomon W.; Das, Tirthatanmoy; … - 2013

We derive a tractable nonlinear earnings function which we estimate separately for each individual in the NLSY79 data. These estimates yield five important parameters for each individual: three ability measures (two representing the ability to learn and one the ability to earn), a rate of skill...

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Heterogeneity in Human Capital Investments : High School Curriculum, College Major, and Careers

Altonji, Joseph G. - 2012

Motivated by the large differences in labor market outcomes across college majors, we survey the literature on the demand for and return to high school and post-secondary education by field of study. We combine elements from several papers to provide a dynamic model of education and occupation...

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Human capital of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan : 1997-2018

Xiong, Xianfang; Chen, Xing; Ning, Yuzhe; Li, Haizheng; … - In: Measuring human capital, (pp. 139-166). 2021

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Convergences in Men’s and Women’s Life Patterns: Lifetime Work, Lifetime Earnings, and Human Capital Investment

Jacobsen, Joyce P.; Khamis, Melanie; Yuksel, Mutlu - In: Gender convergence in the labor market, (pp. 1-33). 2015

The changes in women’s and men’s work lives have been considerable in recent decades. Yet much of the recent research on gender differences in employment and earnings has been of a more snapshot nature rather than taking a longer comparative look at evolving patterns. In this paper, we use...

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Improving the accuracy of estimated returns to education in China : based on employment rate, career length, and income growth

Gong, Binlei - In: Frontiers of economics in China : selected publications … 12 (2017) 1, pp. 113-131

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Personality, IQ, and lifetime earnings

Gensowski, Miriam - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 51 (2018), pp. 170-183

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Insurance, redistribution, and the inequality of lifetime income

Haan, Peter; Kemptner, Daniel; Prowse, Victoria; … - 2023

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Inequality in current and lifetime income

Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne - 2012

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Inequality in current and lifetime income

Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne - In: Social choice and welfare 44 (2015) 2, pp. 217-230

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The long-run effects of recessions on education and income

Stuart, Bryan A. - 2019

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. …

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