Journal of Human Resources articles from June 1993

Journal of Human Resources archives from June 1993

Wage losses for displaced workers: is it really the firm that matters?
June 22, 1993... I. Introduction A large recent literature has shown that workers displaced in plant closings and mass layoffs typically experience lengthy unemployment spells and substantial wage reductions (Addison and Portugal 1987, Podgursky and Swaim...

Pensions, bonding, and lifetime jobs.
June 22, 1993... I. Introduction Among workers who are age 30 or older, Hall (1982) has shown that 40 percent are working in jobs that will ultimately last 20 years or longer. Economic models of long term contracts focus on two mechanisms. Long-term jobs can...

Effects of training, occupation, and training-occupation match on wage.
June 22, 1993... I. Introduction This paper evaluates the effects of secondary vocational training on the wage of the first job after leaving high school. Prior research on wage-and-earnings impacts of secondary vocational education concludes that vocational...

Income effects and the value of health.
June 22, 1993... I. Introduction Individuals differ in their attitudes towards health risks just as their preferences for other goods differ. This heterogeneity has two principal implications for public policy decisions affecting risks to life and health....

The usefulness of predicted values for prior work experience in analyzing labor market outcomes for women. (includes appendix)
June 22, 1993... I. Introduction This paper proposes an improved way of treating a major problem in studying wages and other labor market issues for women. Theoretical considerations suggest that experience should be a crucial determinant of current earnings....

Selection bias and the degree effect.
June 22, 1993... I. Introduction Degree or diploma effects--higher rates of return to the year a degree is granted than to previous years of education--have been noted since economists first started calculating rates of return to education. This finding is...

An examination of the role that intercollegiate athletic participation plays in academic achievement: athletes' feats in the classroom.
June 22, 1993... I. Introduction Fewer topics concerning academe have achieved such popular concern as the proper role of athletics on campus.(1) The volume of coverage in the lay press concerning the academic successes and failures of athletes so far...

Why do different countries choose a different public-private mix of educational services? (includes appendix)
June 22, 1993... in the Dominican Republic." International Journal of Educational Research 15(5):393-410. Knodel, J., N. Havanon, and W. Sittitra. 1990. "Family Size and the Education of Children in the Context of Rapid Fertility Decline." Population and...

Educational attainment, industrial structure, and male earnings through the 1980s.
June 22, 1993... I. Introduction Since 1973, mean male earnings have grown little and earnings inequality has increased. Numerous recent studies have documented these trends. Various authors have argued that these phenomena can be explained by (1) the loss of...