Journal of Human Resources articles from June 1992

Journal of Human Resources archives from June 1992

Advertising and the price, quantity, and quality of primary care physician services. (includes appendix)
June 22, 1992... I. Introduction Efforts to understand the competitive effects of advertising have prompted considerable debate but little consensus. Advertising has many potential effects--on entry, price, quality of goods (or services), market...

The impact of children on married women's labor supply: black-white differentials revisited.
June 22, 1992... I. Introduction In a widely quoted paper, Bell (1974) reports marked differences in female labor supply behavior by race. In particular, the effects of children on the level of wives' labor market activity are found to be substantially...

Optimal allocation of time and estimation of market wage functions. (includes appendices)
June 22, 1992... I. Introduction Estimation of market earnings or wage functions (hereafter MWF) has a long history in the literature of labor economics. Early studies of MWF were based essentially on the endowments of human capital (education,...

Quality and cost in early childhood education.
June 22, 1992... I. Introduction The early childhood education industry is currently the subject of increasing public interest as the government considers and implements expanded subsidization of child care. Direct child care subsidization for low...

Family time use: leisure, home production, market work, and work related travel.
June 22, 1992... I. Introduction Increasingly, studies of labor supply have focused on the joint allocation of time within the household.(1) Moreover, some studies have identified the allocation of time among leisure, home production, and market work as...

Intertemporal substitution and labor supply in Japan. (includes appendices)
June 22, 1992... I. Motivation The Japanese labor market has attracted the attention of many observers, both in Japan and the West. One of the most interesting institutions of this labor market is the unique compensation system. Nearly all firms in...