Journal of Human Resources articles from March 1999

Journal of Human Resources archives from March 1999

Do workers pay for on-the-job training?
March 22, 1999... I. Introduction Since the seminal work of Becker (1962, 1964) and Mincer (1962, 1974), economists have recognized that investment in human capital while on the job may be a major determinant of wages. There have been numerous empirical and...

Factors affecting the transmission of earnings across generations: a quantile regression approach.
March 22, 1999... I. Introduction A number of recent studies have estimated the correlation in earnings across generations using ordinary least squares (OLS) or instrumental variables (IV) to measure the effect of father's earnings on the conditional mean...

The determinants of undergraduate grade point average: the relative importance of family background, high school resources, and peer group effects.
March 22, 1999... The Relative Importance of Family Background, High School Resources, and Peer Group Effects I. Introduction What explains variation in college students' performance? In the typical university, measures of student success such as Grade...

Career interruptions and subsequent earnings: a reexamination using Swedish data.
March 22, 1999... I. Introduction The fact that women are more likely than men to interrupt their work careers for family reasons (childbearing, child rearing, and so on) is understood to be an important factor behind the gender gap in wages. Career...