Journal of Human Capital

2007 - 2020

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Volume 14, issue 4, 2020

Can Superstition Create a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? School Outcomes of Dragon Children in China pp. 485 - 534

Naci Mocan and Han Yu

Effects of Maternal Education on Early Nonmonetary Investments in Child Development pp. 535 - 583

Emine Kübra Usta

Monitoring and Sanctioning Cheating at School: What Works? Evidence from a National Evaluation Program pp. 584 - 616

Claudio Lucifora and Marco Tonello

After-School Care, Child Care Arrangements, and Child Development pp. 617 - 652

Ailin He and Nagham Sayour

Volume 14, issue 3, 2020

The Effect of Grants on University Dropout Rates: Evidence from the Italian Case pp. 343 - 370

Francesca Modena, Enrico Rettore and Giulia Martina Tanzi

Understanding the Mechanisms Linking College Education with Longevity pp. 371 - 400

Kai Hong, Peter Savelyev and Kegon Tan

Aid Volatility, Human Capital, and Growth pp. 401 - 448

Pierre-Richard Agénor and Nihal Bayraktar

The Socioeconomic and Gender Impacts of Health Events on Employment Transitions in France: A Panel Data Study pp. 449 - 483

Emmanuel Duguet and Christine Le Clainche

Volume 14, issue 2, 2020

Education in a Heterogeneous-Agent Economy: Revisiting Transatlantic Differences pp. 165 - 216

Orhan Torul

Skills and Youth Unemployment: Cross-Country Evidence from Synthetic Panel Data pp. 217 - 248

Margarida Rodrigues

The Effect of Dormitory Residence during College on Student Outcomes pp. 249 - 289

Curtis Reynolds

Peers, Parents, and Attitudes about School pp. 290 - 342

Jonathan Norris

Volume 14, issue 1, 2020

The Nurture Effects of Multidimensional Parental Skills on College Attainment pp. 1 - 42

Jiaming Soh and Kegon Tan

The Effect of Increasing Human Capital Investment on Economic Growth and Poverty: A Simulation Exercise pp. 43 - 83

Matthew Collin and David Weil

Heterogeneity in the Effect of College Expansion Policy on Wages: Evidence from the Russian Labor Market pp. 84 - 121

Volha Belskaya, Klara Sabirianova Peter and Christian Posso

Joint Impact of the Conditional Cash Transfer on Child Nutritional Status and Household Expenditure in Indonesia pp. 122 - 164

Toshiaki Aizawa

Volume 13, issue 4, 2019

When Students Don’t Care: Reexamining International Differences in Achievement and Student Effort pp. 519 - 552

Gema Zamarro, Collin Hitt and Ildefonso Mendez

Maternal Work Hours and Childhood Obesity: Evidence Using Instrumental Variables Related to Sibling School Eligibility pp. 553 - 584

Charles Courtemanche, Rusty Tchernis and Xilin Zhou

Intergenerational Mobility in Education: Variation in Geography and Time pp. 585 - 634

Jason Fletcher and Joel Han

Teachers and Cheaters: Just an Anagram? pp. 635 - 669

Santiago Pereda-Fernández

Volume 13, issue 3, 2019

Occupational Attainment of Natives and Immigrants: A Cross-Cohort Analysis pp. 375 - 409

Hugh Cassidy

Marching across Generations? Education Benefits and Intrahousehold Decision-Making pp. 410 - 433

Benjamin L. Castleman, Francis X. Murphy and William Skimmyhorn

Can Basic Maternal Literacy Skills Improve Infant Health Outcomes? Evidence from the Education Act in Nepal pp. 434 - 478

Vinish Shrestha

Contributions of Skills to the Racial Wage Gap pp. 479 - 518

Melinda Petre

Volume 13, issue 2, 2019

Introducing Volume 2 of Celebrating the Life and Work of Gary Becker pp. 137 - 139

Isaac Ehrlich

Sample of The Power of the Economic Approach: Unpublished Manuscripts of Gary S. Becker, Edited by Julio J. Elías, Casey B. Mulligan, and Kevin M. Murphy, University of Chicago Press (Forthcoming) pp. 140 - 141

Julio Elias, Casey Mulligan and Kevin M. Murphy

Preference Formation within Families pp. 142 - 156

Gary Becker

The Rise of Services: The Role of Skills, Scale, and Female Labor Supply pp. 157 - 187

Francisco Buera, Joseph Kaboski and Min Qiang (Kent) Zhao

The Effect of Education and School Quality on Female Crime pp. 188 - 235

Javier Cano-Urbina and Lance Lochner

On Human Capital and Team Stability pp. 236 - 259

Pierre-André Chiappori, Alfred Galichon and Bernard Salanié

Education and Marriage Decisions of Japanese Women and the Role of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act pp. 260 - 292

Linda N. Edwards, Takuya Hasebe and Tadashi Sakai

Labor Markets in Statistics: The Subject Supply Effect in Medical R&D pp. 293 - 340

Anup Malani and Tomas J. Philipson

Age and the Trying Out of New Ideas pp. 341 - 373

Mikko Packalen and Jay Bhattacharya

Volume 13, issue 1, 2019

Inheritance Laws, Educational Attainment, and Child Labor: Evidence from Indian States pp. 1 - 38

Amanda Kerr

Do Pimples Pay? Acne, Human Capital, and the Labor Market pp. 39 - 55

Hugo M. Mialon and Erik Nesson

Picking Up the Losses: The Impact of the Cultural Revolution on Human Capital Reinvestment in Urban China pp. 56 - 94

Jun Han, Wing Suen and Junsen Zhang

Increasing Higher Education Access: Supply, Sorting, and Outcomes in Colombia pp. 95 - 136

Juan Esteban Carranza and María Marta Ferreyra

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

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

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

Cristina Lopez-Mayan