Journal of Human Capital

2007 - 2025

From University of Chicago Press
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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 Qureshi
The Effects of Compulsory-Schooling Laws on Teenage Marriage and Births in Turkey pp. 640 - 668: Murat Kırdar, Meltem Dayioglu 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 C. Kassenboehmer

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
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
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

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

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

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: Ainoa Aparicio

Aggregate Effects of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative Estimate pp. 1 - 32: David Cuberes and Marc Teignier
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
Household Electrification, Fertility, and Employment: Evidence from Hydroelectric Dam Construction in Colombia pp. 109 - 158: Louise Grogan