Capabilites, allocation, and earnings /
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| Author / Creator: | Hartog, Joop |
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| Imprint: | Boston : Kluwer Academic, c1992. |
| Description: | xii, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1341742 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Key concepts used. 1.3. Organization of the book
- 2. Labor Demand. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. The long run: designing the job structure. 2.3. The ABC of labor division: Adam Smith, Charles Babbage and John Commons. 2.3.1. Introduction. 2.3.2. Integration or specialization? 2.3.3. The effect of learning: increased dexterity. 2.3.4. Implications. 2.4. Working conditions. 2.5. Labor demand in the short run. 2.6. Concluding remarks
- 3. Schooling and Supply. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Short run labor supply. 3.3. Schooling in the smooth labor market. 3.4. Schooling with constraints. 3.4.1. Capability rationing. 3.4.2. Imperfect information. 3.5. Utility maximization. 3.6. Conclusions
- 4. Equilibrium and Optimum. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. The Lucas-Rosen model. 4.3. The Tinbergen model. 4.4. Comparative advantage. 4.5. Optimal provision of job characteristics. 4.6. Optimal schooling provisions. 4.7. Conclusions. Appendix 4.1.: Derivatives of the Tinbergen model
- 5. Implications for Empirical Work. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Implications and predictions. 5.3. Econometric models of selfselection. 5.4. Estimating structural models. 5.5. The Datasets. 5.6. Concluding remarks. Appendix: 5.1 The Brabant data
- A5.1.1 Organizing the sample
- A5.1.2 Description of Brabant variables
- A5.1.3 Analyzing non-response
- Appendix: 5.2 The ARBI job level scale
- Appendix: 5.3 The CBS job level scale
- 6. Allocation. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Multinomial logit models for allocation. 6.2.1. The model. 6.2.2. The effect of childhood variables. 6.2.3. Schooling. 6.2.4. Childhood and education combined. 6.2.5. Some implications. 6.3. An ordered response model for allocation. 6.4. Concluding remarks
- 7. Earnings. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Education and job level. 7.3. Earnings functions by job level. 7.4. Allocation and the nature of the earnings function. 7.4.1. Linking earnings with the ordered-response model for allocation. 7.4.2. Simulating alternative allocations. 7.5. Overeducation and underutilization. 7.6. Conclusions. Appendix 7.1 Hay's model
- 8. Applications, Conclusions, Extensions. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Young Mediterraneans in the Dutch labor market. 8.3. Self-selection in educational choice. 8.4. An overview of results. 8.5. To be continued.