NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Education, Income, and Human Behavior

F. Thomas Juster, ed.

Published in 1975 by NBER

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0463 pages
ISBN: 0-07-010068-3

Table of Contents

Front matter, : F. Thomas Juster (p. -28 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)

Introduction and Summary: F. Thomas Juster (p. 1 - 44) (bibliographic info) (download)

1. Mental Ability and Higher Educational Attainment in the Twentieth Century : Paul Taubman, Terence Wales (p. 45 - 70) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Education, Experience, and the Distribution of Earnings and Employment: An Overview: Jacob Mincer (p. 71 - 94) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Education as an Investment and a Screening Device: Paul Taubman, Terence Wales (p. 95 - 122) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. Ability and Schooling as Determinants of Lifetime Earnings, or If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?: John C. Hause (p. 123 - 150) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. The Returns to Investment in Higher Education: Another View : Paul Wachtel (p. 151 - 170) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Education and the Allocation of Women's Time: Arleen Leibowitz (p. 171 - 198) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. Measuring the Obsolescence of Knowledge: Sherwin Rosen (p. 199 - 232) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Education and Consumption: Robert T. Michael (p. 233 - 252) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. The Relation between Schooling and Savings Behavior: An Example of the Indirect Effects of Education: Lewis C. Solmon (p. 253 - 294) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. Education, the Price of Time, and Life-Cycle Consumption: Gilbert Ghez (p. 295 - 312) (bibliographic info) (download)

11. On the Relation between Education and Crime: Isaac Ehrlich (p. 313 - 338) (bibliographic info) (download)

12. Education and Fertility: Robert T. Michael (p. 339 - 364) (bibliographic info) (download)

13. The Influence of Education and Ability on Salary and Attitudes: Albert E. Beaton (p. 365 - 396) (bibliographic info) (download)

14. Appendix A: Basic Data: F. Thomas Juster (p. 397 - 404) (bibliographic info) (download)

15. Appendix B: Mental-Ability Tests and Factors : Paul Taubman, Terence Wales (p. 405 - 410) (bibliographic info) (download)

16. Appendix C: Summary of Full Regression Equations of Log Earnings on Measured Ability and Background Variables: John C. Hause (p. 411 - 418) (bibliographic info) (download)

17. Appendix D: The Concept of "Full Savings": Lewis C. Solmon (p. 419 - 426) (bibliographic info) (download)

18. Appendix E: Ability Scores: Albert E. Beaton (p. 427 - 430) (bibliographic info) (download)

Index: F. Thomas Juster (p. 431 - 439) (bibliographic info)

 
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