Kliebenstein, J., T. Hurley, and P. Orazem. "Personnel Management Issues and Job Satisfaction in Pork Production," Proceedings of Swine Educators Seminar, National Pork Producers Council, September 1996.

Contrary to the conclusions of a recent paper by Chen and Hsu (2001), wage inequality and returns to college-educated workers have risen in Taiwan since 1980. Government policies which have caused rapid expansion of the supply of new college graduates have depressed returns for only the youngest...

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The proportion of women in state government Jobs and applicant pools is well explained by a model emphasizing supply-side factors. Relative to men, women's supply is least sensitive to wages in predominantly male jobs and most sensitive to wages in predominantly female jobs. These results...

In decentralized education systems programs that promote central mandates may have to be devolved to local governments, communities, and providers. When participation by local governments and providers is voluntary rather than compulsory, the determinants of program placement are important in...

This symposium features four studies of education reforms and their impact on enrollment and learning. Three are part of a research project funded by the World Bank's Development Research Group and its Research Support Budget to evaluate innovations in the education systems of selected...

This article analyzes how asset prices respond to government announcements that are subject to error. In cases where government forecast errors are correlated with available market information, market agents will not respond to the government's preliminary announcements per se. Instead, they...

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This paper reviews the stylized facts regarding the levels of human capital investments and the returns to those investments in developing countries. These returns are substantial and are pervasive across demographic groups. Returns are comparable between men and women and between urban and...