Journal of Human Resources articles from June 1998

Journal of Human Resources archives from June 1998

Cohort analysis of saving behavior by U.S. households.
June 22, 1998... "OK" I said, "You win. It's a good theory... " Randall smiled wryly: "I don't like it myself I was just trying it out. It fits the facts - as far as I know them. Which is not far." "We don't know enough to even start theorizing." Raymond...

Rank regressions, wage distributions, and the gender gap.
June 22, 1998... I. Introduction One of the most remarkable changes in the U.S. labor market during the 1980s has been the sharp reduction in the pay gap between men and women. In 1979, the ratio of the average hourly wage of women to that of men was 68.6...

Does the gender composition of sibships affect women's educational attainment?
June 22, 1998... I. Introduction In decades of research on the determinants of educational attainment in the United States, there is consistent evidence of the influence of a relatively small number of variables. These include birth cohort, sex,...

Experience, tenure, and wage growth of young black and white men.
June 22, 1998... I. Introduction The difference in pay across races has long been a problem of significant interest to labor economists. Recently, several authors have documented a narrowing of the pay gap between white and black workers (Freeman 1981; Smith...

The demand for child care quality: an hedonic price theory approach.
June 22, 1998... I. Introduction More than 28 million children, or nearly 60 percent of all children under age 13 in the United States today, have mothers in the labor force (Hayes, Palmer, and Zaslow 1990, 3, 18). This number is expected to rise, reflecting a...

Elderly immigrants on welfare.
June 22, 1998... I. Introduction Policy debates regarding immigration and the welfare system were until recently largely separate conversations. During the last few years, however, attention at both the federal and state levels has turned to the link between...

The impact of welfare benefits on the conjugal status of single mothers in Canada: estimates from a hazard model.
June 22, 1998... I. Introduction One Canadian family with children out of five was headed by a single parent in 1991. More than 80 percent of these single parent families were headed by females, approximately one third of which were aged less than 35...

Black-white differences in reservation wages and joblessness: a replication.
June 22, 1998... I. Introduction The employment gap between young White and Black men has widened steadily since at least the 1960s. Upon entering the labor force, many young Blacks face serious trouble finding work and keeping the jobs they do find. Some are...