Journal of Human Resources articles from January 1994

Journal of Human Resources archives from January 1994

Labor market discrimination against men with disabilities. (includes appendices)
January 1, 1994... I. Introduction The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and recent state laws have expanded the legal remedies for discrimination against persons with disabilities. Unlike other minorities granted civil rights protection in the past, all...

Incorporating the causes of occupational differences in studies of racial wage differentials.
January 1, 1994... I. Introduction It is well established that the different occupational distributions of whites and blacks contribute significantly to the racial wage gap.(1) Still, there is little consensus on the appropriate treatment of occupation in...

Is subsidized employment cost-effective for welfare recipients? Experimental evidence from seven state demonstrations.
January 1, 1994... I. Introduction Throughout the 1980s a number of states experimented with innovative ways to move AFDC recipients from welfare to work. The most rigorously evaluated of these state programs provided employment assistance of relatively limited...

The effect of criminal conviction on income and the trust "reposed in the workmen." (reference to Adam Smith's views on wages)(includes appendix)
January 1, 1994... I. Introduction Economists have studied the effect of criminal conviction on job market opportunities for two reasons. First, conviction may stigmatize offenders, limiting their future legal work opportunities and encouraging them to return to...

Private sector scientists and engineers and the transition to management. (includes appendix)
January 1, 1994... I. Introduction About half of the scientists and engineers who work in the private sector spend their careers performing technical tasks for which their lengthy formal educations prepared them. The other half, however, after spending a period...

The effect of illicit drug use on the labor supply of young adults. (includes appendices)
January 1, 1994... Adolescence to Early Adulthood." American Journal of Public Health 74(7):660-66. Kandel, Denise B., and K. Yamaghuchi. 1987. "Job Mobility and Drug Use: An Event History Analysis." American Journal of Sociology 92(4):836-78. Killingsworth,...

Schooling as human capital or a signal: some evidence.
January 1, 1994... I. Introduction A strong relationship between schooling and labor income has been observed repeatedly in empirical studies. In the seminal study of this relationship, Jacob Mincer(1) estimated log-linear earnings equations on cross-sectional...

The effect of tax-transfer policies on fertility in Canada, 1921-88. (includes appendix) (Communication)
January 1, 1994... I. Introduction Fertility behavior is at the heart of many issues fundamental to the economic vitality of a society such as the growth and the aging of the population, and so remains a subject of great interest.(1) Many countries are facing...