Human capital : a theoretical and empirical analysis with special reference to education /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Becker, Gary Stanley, 1930-2014 (autor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1993
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Human capital revisited
  • 3. Investment in human capital, effects on earnings
  • 4. Investment in human capital; rates of return
  • 5. Rates of return from college education
  • 6. Underinvestment in college education?
  • 7. Rates of return from high school education and trends
  • 8. Age, earnings, wealth and human capital
  • 9. Summary and conclusions
  • 10. Human capital and the rise and fall of families
  • 11. The division of labor, coordination costs and knowledge
  • 12. Human capaital, fertility and economic growth.