Labor Force Aging and the Composition of Regional Human Capital

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Paula Prenzel ◽  
Simona Iammarino
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Labor Force

Migrant Farmworker Earnings: A Human Capital Approach

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Shelley I. White-Means
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Health Capital ◽  
Migrant Farmworker ◽  
Agricultural Produce ◽  
Human Capital Investments

Migrant farmworkers are essential to the supply of low-cost agricultural produce. However, employment earnings of this vital labor force are approximately equal to the federal poverty income. This study examines the role of health capital investments in enhancing farmworker productivity and employment earnings. Health capital investments are found to have a larger marginal effect on earnings than other forms of human capital investments, such as education or experience.

Human Capital, Marital and Birth Timing, and the Postnatal Labor Force Participation of Married Women

1989 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
THEODORE GREENSTEIN
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Proportional Hazards ◽  
Age At First Birth ◽  
Birth Timing ◽  
First Birth ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Paid Labor

Using materials from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience of Young Women, this article analyzes postnatal labor force participation data for married husband-present women over a 15-year period in order to study factors associated with the length of time out of the labor force following the first birth. Survival analyses and proportional hazards models indicate that human capital variables (education, prebirth work experience, and income) and marital and birth-timing variables (age at first marriage and age at first birth) have significant estimated effects on the rate and timing of reentry into the paid labor force.

scholarly journals Culture: An Empirical Investigation of Beliefs, Work, and Fertility

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Fernández ◽  
Alessandra Fogli
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
Female Labor ◽  
Institutional Conditions

We study culture by examining the work and fertility behavior of second-generation American women. Culture is proxied with past female labor force participation and total fertility rates from the woman's country of ancestry. The values of these variables capture not only economic and institutional conditions but also the country's preferences and beliefs regarding women's roles. Since the women live in the United States, only the belief and preference components are potentially relevant. We show that the cultural proxies have positive significant explanatory power even after controlling for education and spousal characteristics, and we demonstrate that the results are unlikely to be explained by unobserved human capital. JEL: J13, J16, J22, J24, Z13

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