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Capabilities, Allocation and Earnings

1. 1 INTRODUCTION The final chapter of my Personal Income Distribution, a Hulticapability Theory (Hartog, 1981a) carried as its motto: 'Oh richness of the unfinished'. It concluded a book in which labor services were decomposed into services arising from different capabilities. Individuals...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hartog, Joop
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1992, 1992
Edition:1st ed. 1992
Subjects:
Microeconomics
Labor Economics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Key concepts used
  • 1.3 Organization of the book
  • 2 Labor Demand
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The long run: designing the job structure
  • 2.3 The ABC of labor division: Adam Smith, Charles Babbage and John Commons
  • 2.4 Working conditions
  • 2.5 Labor demand in the short run
  • 2.6 Concluding remarks
  • 3 Schooling and Supply
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Short run labor supply
  • 3.3 Schooling in the smooth labor market
  • 3.4 Schooling with constraints
  • 3.5 Utility maximization
  • 3.6 Conclusions
  • 4 Equilibrium and Optimum
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 The Lucas-Rosen model
  • 4.3 The Tinbergen model
  • 4.4 Comparative advantage
  • 4.5 Optimal provision of job characteristics
  • 4.6 Optimal schooling provisions
  • 4.7 Conclusions
  • Appendix 4.1.: Derivatives of the Tinbergen model
  • 5 Implications for Empirical Work
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Implications and predictions
  • 5.3 Econometric models of selfselection
  • 5.4 Estimating structural models
  • 5.5 The Datasets
  • 5.6 Concluding remarks
  • Appendix 5.1 The Brabant data
  • Appendix 5.2 The ARBI job level scale
  • Appendix 5.3 The CBS job level scale
  • 6 Allocation
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Multinomial logit models for allocation
  • 6.3 An ordered response model for allocation
  • 6.4 Concluding remarks
  • 7 Earnings
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Education and job level
  • 7.3 Earnings functions by job level
  • 7.4 Allocation and the nature of the earnings function
  • 7.5 Overeducation and underutilization
  • 7.6 Conclusions
  • Appendix 7.1 Hay’s model
  • 8 Applications, Conclusions, Extensions
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Young Mediterraneans in the Dutch labor market
  • 8.3 Self-selection in educational choice
  • 8.4 An overview of results
  • 8.5 To be continued
  • Appendix: Symbols Used
  • Notes
  • Name Index

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