Journal of Human Capital

2007 - 2018

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Volume 12, issue 4, 2018

Does Bad News Travel Faster? On the Determinants of Medical Technology Abandonment pp. 569 - 603

Julie Berez, Guy David, David H. Howard and Mark D. Neuman

Assessing the Smooth Rise in Mothers’ Employment as Children Age pp. 604 - 639

Darren Lubotsky and Javaeria A. Qureshi

The Effects of Compulsory-Schooling Laws on Teenage Marriage and Births in Turkey pp. 640 - 668

Murat Kırdar, Meltem Dayıoğlu and İsmet Koç

Increasing Student Involvement to Decrease Underachievement: Experimental Evidence on Gender Differences in Performance pp. 669 - 700

Carla Haelermans and Maartje van der Eem

Volume 12, issue 3, 2018

Medicaid Crowd-Out of Long-Term Care Insurance with Endogenous Medicaid Enrollment pp. 431 - 474

Geena Kim

Are Men Given Priority for Top Jobs? Investigating the Glass Ceiling in Italian Academia pp. 475 - 503

Maria De Paola, Michela Ponzo and Vincenzo Scoppa

Tuition Fees, Student Finances, and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Differential Raise in Fees pp. 504 - 541

Hans Fricke

Does Paternal Unemployment Affect Young Adult Offspring's Personality? pp. 542 - 567

Viola Angelini, Marco Bertoni and Luca Corazzini

Volume 12, issue 2, 2018

Celebrating the Life and Work of Gary Becker pp. 173 - 181

Isaac Ehrlich

What Was the Industrial Revolution? pp. 182 - 203

Robert Lucas

Low-Skill and High-Skill Automation pp. 204 - 232

Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo

What Accounts for the US Ascendancy to Economic Superpower by the Early Twentieth Century? The Morrill Act-Human Capital Hypothesis pp. 233 - 281

Isaac Ehrlich, Adam Cook and Yong Yin

The Nonmarket Benefits of Education and Ability pp. 282 - 304

James Heckman, John Humphries and Gregory Veramendi

Life-Cycle Human Capital Accumulation across Countries: Lessons from US Immigrants pp. 305 - 342

David Lagakos, Benjamin Moll, Tommaso Porzio, Nancy Qian and Todd Schoellman

Technology, Skill, and the Wage Structure pp. 343 - 384

Nancy L. Stokey

Dynastic Human Capital and Black-White Earnings Differentials in the United States, 1940–2000 pp. 385 - 430

Chad Turner, Robert Tamura, Curtis Simon and Sean Mulholland

Volume 12, issue 1, 2018

The Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Physical Disabilities pp. 1 - 37

David Dean, Robert Schmidt, John Pepper and Steven Stern

Working While Studying: A Bad Decision? pp. 125 - 171

Cristina Lopez-Mayan

Universal Child Care and Long-Term Effects on Child Well-Being: Evidence from Canada pp. 38 - 98

Catherine Haeck, Laetitia Lebihan and Philip Merrigan

Labor Market Conditions and Cultural Change: Evidence from Vietnam pp. 99 - 124

Louise Grogan

Volume 11, issue 4, 2017

Too Many Graduates? A Matching Theory of Educational Mismatch pp. 423 - 446

Patrizia Ordine and Giuseppe Rose

Economic Gains from Educational Reform by US States pp. 447 - 486

Eric Hanushek, Jens Ruhose and Ludger Woessmann

Hierarchical Religions and Female Education pp. 487 - 507

Seth Norton and Annette Tomal

Thought for Food: Nutritional Information and Educational Disparities in Diet pp. 508 - 552

Hale Koç and Hans van Kippersluis

Volume 11, issue 3, 2017

Special Issue in Honor of Ronald H. Coase pp. 297 - 309

Isaac Ehrlich

The Role of Entrepreneurial Human Capital as a Driver of Endogenous Economic Growth pp. 310 - 351

Isaac Ehrlich, Dunli Li and Zhiqiang Liu

New Institutions for New Nations pp. 352 - 372

Stanley L. Engerman

A Very Coasian Revolution pp. 373 - 396

David Friedman

Institutions and Managerial Task Allocation: Evidence from Chinese Entrepreneurs pp. 397 - 422

Di Guo, Kun Jiang and Chenggang Xu

Volume 11, issue 2, 2017

Earnings over the Life Course: General versus Vocational Education pp. 167 - 212

Bart Golsteyn and Anders Stenberg

Understanding Wage Growth: Estimating and Testing Learning-by-Doing pp. 213 - 246

Philippe Belley

Student Appearance and Academic Performance pp. 247 - 262

Rey Hernández-Julián and Christina Peters

Getting Weighed Down: The Effect of Childhood Obesity on the Development of Socioemotional Skills pp. 263 - 295

Nicole Black and Sonja Kassenboehmer

Volume 11, issue 1, 2017

Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978-2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality pp. 1 - 34

Shao-Hsun Keng, Chun-Hung Lin and Peter Orazem

The Labor Market Effects of Academic and Vocational Education over the Life Cycle: Evidence Based on a British Cohort pp. 106 - 166

Giorgio Brunello and Lorenzo Rocco

Academic Drop-Out and the Great Recession pp. 35 - 71

Effrosyni Adamopoulou and Giulia Martina Tanzi

Human Capital Accumulation and Transition to Skilled Employment pp. 72 - 105

Konstantinos Angelopoulos, Jim Malley and Apostolis Philippopoulos

Volume 10, issue 4, 2016

Boy-Girl Differences in Parental Time Investments: Evidence from Three Countries pp. 399 - 441

Michael Baker and Kevin Milligan

Locus of Control and Mothers’ Return to Employment pp. 442 - 481

Eva Berger and Luke Haywood

Student Awareness of Costs and Benefits of Educational Decisions: Effects of an Information Campaign pp. 482 - 519

Martin McGuigan, Sandra McNally and Gill Wyness

A Life Course Perspective on Gender Differences in Cognitive Functioning in India pp. 520 - 563

Ilke Onur and Malathi Velamuri

Volume 10, issue 3, 2016

High School Human Capital Portfolio and College Outcomes pp. 267 - 302

Guy Tchuente

Are Overqualified Migrants Self-Selected? Evidence from Central and Eastern European Countries pp. 303 - 346

Klaus Nowotny

School Entry, Educational Attainment, and Quarter of Birth: A Cautionary Tale of a Local Average Treatment Effect pp. 347 - 376

Rashmi Barua and Kevin Lang

Fertility, Migration, and Maternal Wages: Evidence from Brazil pp. 377 - 398

Jaqueline Oliveira

Volume 10, issue 2, 2016

Career Interruption and Productivity: Evidence from Major League Baseball during the Vietnam War Era pp. 159 - 185

Brennan Mange and David Phillips

New Firm Survival: Isolating the Role of Founders’ Human Capital in Accounting for Firm Longevity pp. 186 - 211

Grégoire Cauchie and Nicolas Vaillant

Income and Schooling: Evidence from International Oil Price Shocks pp. 212 - 234

Markus Brueckner and Mark Gradstein

Returns to Education and Educational Outcomes: The Case of the Spanish Housing Boom pp. 235 - 265

Ainhoa Aparicio-Fenoll

Volume 10, issue 1, 2016

Aggregate Effects of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative Estimate pp. 1 - 32

David Cuberes and Marc Teignier

Household Electrification, Fertility, and Employment: Evidence from Hydroelectric Dam Construction in Colombia pp. 109 - 158

Louise Grogan

Does Employment Protection Raise Stress? A Cross-Country and Cross-Province Analysis pp. 33 - 66

Nicolas Lepage-Saucier and Etienne Wasmer

How Important Is Secondary School Duration for Postsecondary Education Decisions? Evidence from a Natural Experiment pp. 67 - 108

Tobias Meyer and Stephan Thomsen