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Human Capital and the Labor Market: A Review of Current Research

Educational Researcher, 1989
Several studies have investigated survey data on the prevalence of on-the-job training. These studies have sought to discover who receives training and the effects of this labor market experience on workers' wages, wage growth, turnover, and employment. What is the magnitude of workers' and employers' investments in job training?
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Human Capital Investments and Labor Mobility

Journal of Labor Economics, 1991
This article integrates human capital theory with a theory of information accumulation and labor mobility. A model is constructed for the determination of human capital accumulation, job matching, and mobility that accounts for heterogeneity on both sides of the labor market. The model provides explanations for observable relationships between earnings,
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Labor Emigration and the Accumulation and Transfer of Human Capital

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 1993
This article examines the processes involved in the acquisition and transfer of human capital by Filipino overseas workers. The education/labor market has been flexible in meeting foreign demands for skills, with significant increases in medical schools, nursing schools, and maritime training institutions.
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Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor

Journal of Labor Economics, 1985
Increasing returns from specialized human capital is a powerful force creating a division of labor in the allocation of time and investments in human capital between married men and married women. Moreover, since child care and housework are more effort intensive than leisure and other household activities, married women spend less effort on each hour ...
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The Human Capital Labor Economist

2007
Abstract This final chapter sums up the analysis of Jacob Mincer's prolific and interesting career. It also highlights the hallmarks of Mincer's approach to economic analysis. It points out his major contributions to economic analysis and suggests the topics and features by which his work will continue to influence future generations of (
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Globalizing Labor and the World Economy: The Role of Human Capital

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
We develop a dynamic model of the world economy that jointly endogenizes individual decisions about fertility, education and migration. We then use it to compare the short- and long-term effects of immigration restrictions on the world distribution of income. Our calibration strategy replicates the economic and demographic characteristics of the world,
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Labor, Capital, and Human Rights

2019
Abstract This chapter discusses how the US tax code—like many Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country tax codes—favors capital over labor, and thereby is at odds with fundamental tenets of human rights and policy principles regarding equity.
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Human Capital Investment and Labor Supply Under Uncertainty

International Economic Review, 1990
We extend the theory of human capital investment under uncertainty by incorporating post-investment labor supply as a choice variable. We show that human capital investment decreases in response to an increase in risk about its return if such investment is an inferior activity and preferences exhibit decreasing risk aversion.
Snow, Arthur, Warren, Ronald S, Jr
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Human Capital and Labor Market Dynamics

2007
Abstract Although Jacob Mincer is well known for his work on income distribution and the labor supply phenomena, he also explored other important topics in labor research. This chapter explores his efforts to understand better the dynamic nature of the labor market, especially with regard to workers' mobility and unemployment.
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The Mobility of Labor and the Theory of Human Capital

The Journal of Human Resources, 1967
Recent developments in the study of human resources, initiated particularly by the pioneering works of Theodore W. Schultz, gave rise to new approaches to problems of labor mobility. This paper aims to integrate labor mobility into the analytical framework of human capital theory and to develop some answers regarding the functioning of labor markets ...
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