This article estimates the impact that young women's ex ante preferences for future labor force attachment have on their human capital accumulation and pay. Empirical evidence from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women aged 14 to 24 in 1968 supports the human capital hypothesis that...

Focusing on a group of women from the National Longitudinal Surveys who had a first birth between 1968 and 1973, this paper examines the post-birth work experience of these women up through 1987 as well as their employment and earnings in 1987 in relation to their employment activity in the...

The authors examine the role that racial differences in access to high-paying occupations played in determining the racial wage gap in the 1980s. Analyzing data on black and white women aged 34-44 from the National Longitudinal Surveys for 1968-88, they estimate the effects of human capital...

The authors examine the role that racial differences in access to high-paying occupations played in determining the racial wage gap in the 1980s. Analyzing data on black and white women aged 34–44 from the National Longitudinal Surveys for 1968–88, they estimate the effects of...

In this paper we examine and discuss estimates of fertility in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Currently, the United Nations estimates that the country's total fertility rate is 6.7, and national sources provide an even higher estimate of 7.3. However, our assessment of the data...

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Description -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Revisiting and Revising Organized Crime -- Chapter 2: Welcome to the Gig (Crime) Economy -- Chapter 3: Why Smaller/More Flexible Cell- Like Nodes and Networks? -- Chapter 4: The...

In recent years, the focus in the study of household behavior has shifted from the household as a homogeneous unit (unitary model) to the different individuals comprising the household (collective model). There are several issues (such as preferences heterogeneity among household members,...