Human capital in history : the American record / / Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, Robert A. Margo

• Pubblicazione: Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (419 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.0973
• Soggetto topico: Human capital - United States; Labor supply - United States - History
• Soggetto non controllato: expansion, labor, economics, finance, money, research, academic, scholarly, analysis, textbook, college, university, wealth, inventions, technology, leadership, modern, contemporary, history, historical, workforce, workers, women, marriage, gender, equality, equity, inequality, social justice, society, education, skilled, unskilled, jobs, high school, graduation, elementary, secondary, immigration, immigrant, assimilation, health, income, class, classism, earnings
• Persona (resp. second.): BoustanLeah Platt; FrydmanCarola; MargoRobert A.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Technical Change and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor -- 2. Explaining Trends in High School Graduation The Changing Elementary and Secondary Education Policy Landscape and Income Inequality over the Last Half Century -- 3. The Role of Immigrant Children in Their Parents' Assimilation in the United States, 1850- 2010 -- 4. Health, Education, and Income in the United States, 1820- 2000 -- 5. The Female Labor Force and Long- Run Development -- 6. The Origin and Persistence of Black- White DiVerences in Women's Labor Force Participation -- 7. Cohabitation and the Uneven Retreat from Marriage in the United States, 1950- 2010 -- 8. Is There a Case for a "Second Demographic Transition"? -- 9. A Pollution Theory of Discrimination -- 10. The Supply of Gender Stereotypes and Discriminatory Beliefs -- 11. Claudia Goldin -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: America's expansion to one of the richest nations in the world was partly due to a steady increase in labor productivity, which in turn depends upon the invention and deployment of new technologies and on investments in both human and physical capital. The accumulation of human capital-the knowledge and skill of workers-has featured prominently in American economic leadership over the past two centuries. Human Capital in History brings together contributions from leading researchers in economic history, labor economics, the economics of education, and related fields. Building on Claudia Goldin's landmark research on the labor history of the United States, the authors consider the roles of education and technology in contributing to American economic growth and well-being, the experience of women in the workforce, and how trends in marriage and family affected broader economic outcomes. The volume provides important new insights on the forces that affect the accumulation of human capital.
• Titolo autorizzato: Human capital in history
• ISBN: 0-226-16392-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910861032403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.