Jacob Mincer A Pioneer of Modern Labor Economics

This volume contains essays by or about Jacob Mincer who, along with Gary Becker, is a founding father of modern empirical labor economics. His methodology analyzes the economics of the working world, and his human capital model is a fundamental tool in empirical economics. This is a very personal c...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Grossbard, Shoshana (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2006, 2006
Edition:1st ed. 2006
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Jacob Mincer in Perspective
  • Some Brief Remarks on the Life and Work of Jacob Mincer
  • An Interview with Jacob Mincer
  • Acceptance Speech Upon Receiving the First Iza Prize November 24th 2002 in New York
  • Columbia’s Labor Workshop in the 1960s
  • Working with Jacob Mincer: Reminiscences of Columbia’s Labor Workshop
  • Labor Economics Mincer-Style: A Personal Reflection
  • Remarks Following the Final Session of the Conference in his Honor, Held at Columbia University on July 15, 2002
  • The New Home Economics at Columbia and Chicago
  • Jacob Mincer on Technology
  • Technology and the Labor Market
  • Jacob Mincer and Human Capital: New Perspectives
  • Proving Mincer Right: Mincer’s Overtaking Point and the Lifecycle Earnings Distribution
  • Jacob Mincer, Experience and the Distribution of Earnings
  • The “Mincer Equation” Thirty Years After Schooling, Experience, and Earnings
  • Mincer and the New Home Economics
  • Jacob Mincer and Labor Supply — Before and Aftermath
  • Household Production and Health
  • Household Production and Children