Journal of Human Resources articles from March 1996

Journal of Human Resources archives from March 1996

Piece-rates, principal-agent models, and productivity profiles: parametric and semi-parametric evidence from payroll records.
March 22, 1996... I. Introduction Piece-rate(1) compensation schemes provide economists with a natural link between observed wages and worker productivity. Exploiting this link to recover productivity from piece-rate wages can provide direct evidence on...

The economic reality of 'The Beauty Myth.' (economic differentials by body mass)
March 22, 1996... I. Introduction Eating disorders (such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia) are a major social problem in the United States. Estimates of the prevalence of anorexia nervosa range from 1 to 4 percent of the female population (Autry et al. 1986)....

Factors determining participation of the elderly in supplemental security income.
March 22, 1996... I. Introduction If an individual is given an opportunity to increase his income with little or no effort, economic theory predicts that he will readily do so. Thus, an individual who is eligible for benefits from a public assistance program...

Responses to social security by men and women: myopic and far-sighted behavior. (includes appendix)
March 22, 1996... I. Introduction The 1983 amendments to the Social Security Act contain two measures designed to increase the labor supply of older persons in the 1990s and beyond. First, the age of eligibility for full benefits will gradually be increased...

The food stamp participation and labor supply of married couples: an empirical analysis of joint decisions. (includes appendix)
March 22, 1996... I. Introduction Married-couple households account for a significant segment of the nation's poor. In 1991, about 26 percent of all poor U.S. families with children were headed by a married couple, and about 40 percent of the country's poor...

The minimum wage and the employment of youth: evidence from the NLSY. (National Longitudinal Survey of Youth)
March 22, 1996... I. Introduction Time-series evidence from the 1970s and early 1980s indicated that a 10 percent increase in the minimum wage would be associated with a decrease in teenage employment of 1 to 3 percent (Brown, Gilroy, and Kohen 1983). Because...

Will changing times change the allocation of faculty time?
March 22, 1996... I. Introduction Faculty time is a key university resource, and how professors use their time has come under increasing public scrutiny. The malleability of faculty time allocations is an important issue because the combination of increasing...

The utilization of outpatient medical services in Japan. (includes appendix)
March 22, 1996... I. Introduction "[I]n today's affluent Japan, with the Universal Health Insurance system's modest copayment for medical services, income and copayment play a relatively minor role for the population at large when they decide to receive...