Journal of Human Resources articles from September 22 1991

Journal of Human Resources archives from September 22 1991

Career plans and expectations of young women and men: the earnings gap and labor force participation. (includes appendices)
September 22, 1991... I. Introduction Though the male-female earnings gap has been declining in recent years, it remains quite substantial. Because regressions taking into account a wide variety of variables have failed to explain all of this gap, women's...

The decline of sex segregation and the wage gap, 1970-80. (include appendix)
September 22, 1991... This study examines changes in the segregation of the U.S. work force by sex, across occupation and industries, from 1970 to 1980 and their impact on relative female earnings. While a number of earlier studies [Beller 1984: Rytina and Bianchi...

Longitudinal patterns of compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration health and safety regulations in the manufacturing sector. (includes appendix)
September 22, 1991... I. Introduction During the 1970s the United States experienced a dramatic expansion in regulations designed to upgrade environmental, occupational and product safety. To improve occupational safety and health, the Occupational Safety...

Do the school nutrition programs supplement household food expenditures?
September 22, 1991... I. Introduction The objectives of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP) are to provide nutritious meals to school children and to create expanded outlets for domestic agricultural products. A...

Explaining pension dynamics. (includes appendix)
September 22, 1991... I. INTRODUCTION Though the full impact of labor force aging has not yet been felt in U.S. labor markets, there is already widespread controversy regarding its likely effects. Some forecaster predict with alarm that the labor market will...

Opportunistic behavior by firms in implicit pension contracts. (includes appendix)
September 22, 1991... I. Introduction The Employees' Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974 was based partly on the premise that workers' pension benefits needed to be protected from opportunistic behavior by employers (U.S. Senate 1976). Under the...