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List of Tables | |
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List of Charts | |
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Preface to the Third Edition | |
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Preface to the First Edition | |
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Introduction to the Second Edition Introduction to the First Edition | |
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Human Capital Revisited | |
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Introduction | |
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Education and Training | |
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Human Capital and the Family | |
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Human Capital and Economic Development | |
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Conclusions | |
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References | |
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Theoretical Analysis | |
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Investment in Human Capital: Effects on Earnings | |
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On-the-Job Training General Training Specific Training | |
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Schooling | |
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Other Knowledge | |
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Productive Wages Increases | |
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Investment in Human Capital: Rates of Return | |
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Relation between Earnings, Costs, and Rates of Return Addendum: The Allocation of Time and Goods over Time | |
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The Incentive to Invest Number of Periods Wage Differentials and Secular Changes Risk and Liquidity Capital Markets and Knowledge | |
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Some Effects of Human | |
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Capital Examples | |
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Ability and the Distribution of Earnings | |
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Addendum: Education and the Distribution of Earnings: A Statistical Formulation | |
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Addendum: Human Capital and the Personal Distribution of Income: An Analytical Approach | |
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Supplement: Estimating the Effect of Family Backgrounds on Earnings | |
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Empirical Analysis | |
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Rates of Return from College Education | |
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Money Rates of Return to White Male College | |
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Graduates Returns in 1939 | |
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Costs in 1939 | |
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Rates of Return in 1939 | |
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Rates of Return in 1949 | |
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Some Conceptual Difficulties | |
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Correlation between "Ability" and Education | |
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Correlation between Education and Other Human Capital | |
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Rates of Return to Other | |
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College Persons | |
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College Dropouts | |
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Nonwhites Women | |
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Rural Persons | |
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Variation in Rates of Return | |
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Underinvestment in College Education? | |
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Private Money Gains | |
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Social Productivity Gains | |
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Private Real Rates | |
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Rates of Return from High School Education and Trends over Time | |
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The Rate of Return from High School Education | |
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Trends in Rates of Return After 1939 Before 1939 | |
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Age, Earnings, Wealth, and Human Capital | |
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Age-Earnings Profiles | |
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Age-Wealth Profiles | |
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Summary and Conclusions | |
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Summary | |
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Future Research | |
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Concluding Comments | |
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Economy-Wide Changes Introduction | |
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Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families, by Gary S. Becker and Nigel Tomes | |
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Introduction | |
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Earnings and Human Capital Perfect Capital Markets Imperfect Access to Capital | |
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Assets and Consumption | |
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Fertility and Marriage | |
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Empirical Studies | |
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Summary and Discussion | |
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References | |
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The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs, and Knowledge, by Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy | |
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Introduction | |
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Division of Labor among Tasks | |
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Coordination Costs | |
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Knowledge and Specialization | |
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Extent of the Market | |
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The Growth in Specialization and Knowledge | |
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The Division of Labor between Sectors: Teachers and Workers | |
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Summary | |
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Appendix | |
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References | |
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Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth, by Gary S. Becker, Kevin M. Murphy, and Robert Tamura | |
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Introduction | |
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Basic Properties of the Model | |
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Fertility and Growth | |
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Comparative Advantage in the Production of Human Capital | |
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Discussion | |
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Concluding | |
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Remarks | |
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References | |
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Appendixes | |
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Sources and Methods | |
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Incomes | |
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The Basic Data | |
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Under- and Overreporting | |
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Unemployment | |
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Coverage in 1939 | |
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Taxes | |
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Urban-Rural Distribution | |
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Hours of Work | |
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Costs | |
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Earnings of Students | |
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Direct Private Costs | |
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Direct Social Costs | |
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Mathematical Discussion of Relation between Age, Earnings, and Wealth | |
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Author Index | |
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Subject Index | |