Journal of Human Capital

2007 - 2025

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Volume 19, issue 1, 2025

Effects of Child-Care Vouchers on Price, Quantity, and Provider Turnover in Private-Care Markets pp. 1 - 30

Won Fy Lee, Aaron Sojourner, Elizabeth Davis and Jonathan Borowsky

Recovery from an Early-Life Shock through Improved Access to Schools pp. 31 - 79

Rakesh Banerjee, Tushar Bharati, Seungwoo Chin and Dawoon Jung

Lost in Translation: Reading Performance and Math Performance of Second-Generation Immigrant Children in Italy pp. 80 - 114

Mariagrazia Cavallo and Giuseppe Russo

Families at a Loss: The Asymmetric Relationship between Income Changes and Child Human Capital pp. 115 - 168

Giorgia Menta

Effects of Integrating Early Childhood with Health Services: Experimental Evidence from the Cresça com Seu Filho Home-Visiting Program pp. 169 - 192

Florencia Lopez Boo, Maria de la Paz Ferro and Pedro Carneiro

Birth Order and Transition into Adulthood in Madagascar pp. 193 - 243

Francesca Marchetta and Claire Ricard

Volume 18, issue 4, 2024

Cross Productivities of Executive Functions: Evidence from a Field Experiment pp. 563 - 589

Maximiliaan Willem Pierre Thorsen Thijssen, Mari Rege, Ingeborg Foldøy Solli and Ingunn Størksen

Delving into the Effects of Financial Crises on Human Development pp. 590 - 634

Thanh Cong Nguyen, Vítor Castro and Justine Wood

Did the Bologna Process Challenge the German Apprenticeship System? Evidence from a Natural Experiment pp. 635 - 667

Stephan Thomsen and Johannes Trunzer

Empowering Underprivileged College Students through Leadership Roles in Their Communities: Experimental Evidence from Peru pp. 668 - 709

Marcos Agurto Adrianzén, Sandra Boisvert, Fernando Fernandez and Javier Torres

Volume 18, issue 3, 2024

Concepts and Calculations: Gender Differences in Willingness to Guess pp. 377 - 425

Francesca Gioia

Individualism and School Performance: Evidence from PISA Test Scores pp. 426 - 468

Philipp Ehrl and Fabiana de Assis Alves

Attainment and Gender Equality in Higher Education: Evidence from a Large-Scale Expansion pp. 469 - 530

Asena Caner, Merve Derebasoglu and Cagla Okten

Measurement of Learning Disabilities and Intellectual Disabilities: Racial Patterns and Labor Market Biases in RSA-911 Data pp. 531 - 562

Christopher M. Clapp, John Pepper, Robert Schmidt and Steven Stern

Volume 18, issue 2, 2024

Specialists or All-Rounders: How Best to Select University Students? pp. 227 - 271

Pedro Luis Silva

Measurement and Development of Noncognitive Skills in Adolescence: Evidence from Chicago Public Schools and the OneGoal Program pp. 272 - 304

Tim Kautz and Wladimir Zanoni

A Human Capital Explanation of Real Business Cycles pp. 305 - 345

Szilard Benk, Tamas Csabafi, Jing Dang, Max Gillman and Michal Kejak

Minimum-Wage Effects on Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Canadian Data pp. 346 - 376

Diana Alessandrini and Joniada Milla

Volume 18, issue 1, 2024

Maternal Influence on Birth Outcomes and Intergenerational Advantage pp. 1 - 43

Sadegh Eshaghnia and James Heckman

The Dynastic Benefits of Early-Childhood Education: Participant Benefits and Family Spillovers pp. 44 - 73

Frederik Bennhoff, Jorge Luis Garcia and Duncan Ermini Leaf

Should Early Health Investments Work? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Complex Early-Childhood Intervention pp. 74 - 104

Deirdre Coy and Orla Doyle

Language Environment and Maternal Expectations: An Evaluation of the LENA Start Program pp. 105 - 139

Flávio Cunha, Marsha Gerdes, Qinyou Hu and Snejana Nihtianova

Two Scalable Interventions to Promote Health and Mental Development in Early Childhood: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural India pp. 140 - 193

Cara Ebert, Esther Heesemann and Sebastian Vollmer

Birth Timing and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital pp. 194 - 226

Ignacio Palacios-Huerta

Volume 17, issue 4, 2023

The Productivity Benefits of Overeducation pp. 463 - 502

Miana Plesca and Fraser Summerfield

Gender Differences in Persistence in a Field of Study: This Isn’t All about Grades pp. 503 - 556

Michael Kaganovich, Morgan Taylor and Ruli Xiao

Syrian Refugees and Human Capital Accumulation of Working-Age Native Children in Turkey pp. 557 - 592

Selcen Çakır, Elif Erbay and Murat Kırdar

Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Fast-Tracking Automation in Developing Countries? Evidence from Colombia pp. 593 - 616

Leonardo Bonilla-Mejía, Luz Florez, Didier Hermida, Francisco Lasso, Leonardo Morales, Juan Ospina-Tejeiro and Jose Pulido

Volume 17, issue 3, 2023

Opening the Black Box: Behavioral Responses of Teachers and Principals to Pay-for-Performance Incentive Programs pp. 315 - 348

Tom Ahn and Jacob Vigdor

Tap Water Access in Early Childhood and Long-Term Educational Performance pp. 349 - 386

Chia-Lun Liu, Shin-Yi Chou, Jin-Tan Liu and Mary E. Deily

The Long-Term Effects of External Examinations on Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor pp. 387 - 433

Di Sima

Limiting Applications in College Admissions and Evidence from Conflicting Exam Dates pp. 434 - 461

Wei-Cheng Chen and Yi-Cheng Kao

Volume 17, issue 2, 2023

The Asymmetric Impact of Out-Migration and Return Migration on Wages in the Source Country: Evidence from Mexico pp. 173 - 206

Julio Acuna

Peer Gender and Schooling: Evidence from Ethiopia pp. 207 - 249

Daniel Borbely, Jonathan Norris and Agnese Romiti

How Effective Are Colleges in Educating a Diverse Student Body? Evidence from West Point pp. 250 - 283

Dario Cestau, Dennis Epple, Richard Romano, Holger Sieg and Carl Wojtaszek

Intergenerational Transmission of Health at Birth: Fathers Matter Too! pp. 284 - 313

Osea Giuntella, Giulia La Mattina and Climent Quintana-Domeque

Volume 17, issue 1, 2023

Parental Human Capital Investment Responses to Children’s Disabilities pp. 1 - 38

Anastasia Terskaya

The Effects of High School Career and Technical Education on Employment, Wages, and Educational Attainment pp. 39 - 71

Michael LaForest

Cycling for Education? Heterogeneous Preferences for Academic Tracks at Secondary School pp. 72 - 113

Sergio Parra-Cely

Education and Consanguineous Marriage pp. 114 - 171

Pelin Akyol and Naci Mocan

Volume 16, issue 4, 2022

Do Postsecondary Training Programs Respond to Changes in the Labor Market? pp. 461 - 487

Michel Grosz

Effect of Female Politicians on Postprimary Education and Intergenerational Education Spending pp. 488 - 525

Sadia Priyanka

Keeping Kids in School and Out of Work: Compulsory Schooling and Child Labor in Turkey pp. 526 - 555

Meltem Dayioglu and Murat Kırdar

The Impacts of Fare-Free Bus Programs on Educational Outcomes of K–12 Students pp. 556 - 584

Emanuel Garcia Munoz and Hector H. Sandoval

Volume 16, issue 3, 2022

Should I Go to Graduate School? The Role of Preference for Children and Human Capital Accumulation pp. 333 - 371

Sébastien Buttet and Alice Schoonbroodt

Teachers and the Gender Gap in Reading Achievement pp. 372 - 403

Esteban Aucejo, Jane Fruehwirth, Sean Kelly and Zachary Mozenter

Military Service and Skill Acquisition: Evidence from a Draft Lottery pp. 404 - 436

Paul Bingley, Stéphanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen and Anders Rosdahl

Play to Learn: The Impact of Technology on Students’ Math Performance pp. 437 - 459

Guilherme Hirata

Volume 16, issue 2, 2022

Overeducation and R&D: Theoretical Aspects and Empirical Evidence pp. 183 - 232

Marco Di Cintio

Mother’s Time Allocation, Childcare, and Child Cognitive Development pp. 233 - 272

Ylenia Brilli

Who Benefits from Attending the Higher Track? The Effect of Track Assignment on Skill Development and the Role of Relative Age pp. 273 - 302

Maria Cotofan, Ron Diris and Trudie Schils

The Effect of Private Schools on Measures of Socioemotional Development in Adolescence: Evidence from India pp. 303 - 331

Ray Miller

Volume 16, issue 1, 2022

American Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy at Midlife: An Analysis Based on the Health and Retirement Study pp. 1 - 46

Jihye Kim and Kajal Lahiri

Education Gradients in Mortality Trends by Gender and Race pp. 47 - 72

Adam Leive and Christopher Ruhm

American Delusion: Life Expectancy and Welfare in the United States from an International Perspective pp. 73 - 132

Rodrigo Soares, Rudi Rocha and Michel Szklo

Trends in Health in Midlife and Late Life pp. 133 - 156

Peter Hudomiet, Michael Hurd and Susann Rohwedder

The Returns to Preventing Chronic Disease in Europe and the United States pp. 157 - 182

Jeffrey C. Yu, Bryan Tysinger, Andrea Piano Mortari, Federico Belotti, Martha Ryan, Vincenzo Atella and Dana Goldman