Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The aggregate neoclassical approach -- 3 Time preference, profit and interest -- 4 Extensions of the Fisherian model -- 5 Taxation -- 6 Public investment criteria -- 7 Critique of Fisher -- 8 The equilibration of saving and...

The rate of return to schooling appears to be nearly two percentage points greater for females than for males in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data set, despite the fact that females tend to earn less, both absolutely and controlling for personal characteristics. A survey of previous...