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Labor Force and Human Capital

2022
the size and characteristics of the labor market in Iran have been affected by the interplay between demographic trends, the rise in the educational attainments of the society, macroeconomic factors, flows of migration from rural to urban areas, as well as international migration to and from Iran.
Pooya Azadi   +2 more
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Human Capital and Labor Supply

2021
In Chapter 3, the authors focus on the contribution that human capital—that is, the constellation of knowledge, skills, and abilities possessed by individuals seeking employment, or who are already in the labor market—have on the structure and functioning of national economies.
Michael J. Camasso, Radha Jagannathan
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Human Capital and Labor Productivity

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, 2011
Using a linked employer–employee data set, this study estimates a production function for a sample of seventy Spanish hotels. This function, which identifies the main labor productivity determinants, leads to the conclusion that the more productive hotels in Andalusia are those older than twelve years, have three or more stars, belong to a chain, and ...
Andrés J. Marchante, Bienvenido Ortega
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Labor coercion and the accumulation of human capital

Journal of Development Economics, 2013
Abstract This paper examines the effect of labor coercion on human capital accumulation. We use micro data from Puerto Rico, where unskilled laborers were forced to work for landowners during 1849–1874. Using variation in municipality-level suitability for coffee cultivation and international coffee prices, we estimate the response of schooling to ...
Gustavo J. Bobonis, Peter Morrow
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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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