Journal of Human Capital

2007 - 2025

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Volume 15, issue 4, 2021

Human Capital and Entrepreneurship pp. 513 - 553

Ni Qin and Dongmin Kong

The Pathways to College pp. 554 - 595

Lisha Agarwal, Giorgio Brunello and Lorenzo Rocco

Long-Term Labor Market Consequences of Costly Signaling: Evidence from a Natural Experiment pp. 596 - 628

Somdeep Chatterjee and Jai Kamal

When Incentives Matter Too Much: Explaining Significant Responses to Irrelevant Information pp. 629 - 664

Tom Ahn and Jacob Vigdor

Volume 15, issue 3, 2021

Economic Uncertainty and Fertility pp. 373 - 399

Giray Gözgör, Mehmet Bilgin and Peter Rangazas

Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in the Classroom pp. 400 - 431

Andrew Hill and Daniel Jones

The Effects of Foreign-Born Peers in US High Schools and Middle Schools pp. 432 - 468

Jason Fletcher, Jinho Kim, Jenna Nobles, Stephen Ross and Irina Shaorshadze

Gender Imbalance across Subfields in Economics: When Does It Start? pp. 469 - 511

Pilar Beneito, José Boscá, Javier Ferri and Manu García

Volume 15, issue 2, 2021

It’s Time to Degree! The Impact of Reducing Barriers to Entry into Professions on Late Graduation: The Case of Pharmacists pp. 237 - 268

Patrizia Ordine, Giuseppe Rose and Mattia Fasano

Short-Term Impact of an Early Childhood Education Intervention in Rural Thailand pp. 269 - 290

Wisuwat Chujan and Weerachart Kilenthong

School Tracking and Mental Health pp. 291 - 345

Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen, Christopher Jepsen and Alexandra Roulet

Living Environments and Child Development: Comparing Two Groups of Out-of-Home Children pp. 346 - 371

Ick-Joong Chung, Jungmin Lee, Yasuyuki Sawada, Seung-Gyu Sim and Jinyeong Son

Volume 15, issue 1, 2021

Job Vacancies and Immigration: Evidence from the Mariel Supply Shock pp. 1 - 33

L. Jason Anastasopoulos, George Borjas, Gavin G. Cook and Michael Lachanski

Endogenous Immigration, Human and Physical Capital Formation, and the Immigration Surplus pp. 34 - 85

Isaac Ehrlich and Yun Pei

Whose Job Is It Anyway? Coethnic Hiring in New US Ventures pp. 86 - 127

Sari Pekkala Kerr and William Kerr

Migrant Labor and Remittances: Macroeconomic Consequences and Policy Responses pp. 128 - 173

Sokchea Lim, Akm Morshed and Stephen J Turnovsky

Immigration and Gender Differences in the Labor Market pp. 174 - 203

Joan Llull

Local Adjustment to Immigrant-Driven Labor Supply Shocks pp. 204 - 235

Joan Monras

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 Suarez

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 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 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