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Education, Income, and Human Behavior
Education, Income, and Human Behavior
F. Thomas Juster
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Published Date
January 1975
Copyright
1975
ISBN
0-07-010068-3
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Table of Contents
Front matter, Education, Income, and Human Behavior
Author(s):
F. Thomas Juster
Chapter 1:
Introduction and Summary
Author(s):
F. Thomas Juster
(p. 1-44)
Chapter 2:
Mental Ability and Higher Educational Attainment in the Twentieth Century
Author(s):
Paul Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 45-70)
Chapter 3:
Education, Experience, and the Distribution of Earnings and Employment: An Overview
Author(s):
(p. 71-94)
Chapter 4:
Education as an Investment and a Screening Device
Author(s):
Paul Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 95-122)
Chapter 5:
Ability and Schooling as Determinants of Lifetime Earnings, or If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?
Author(s):
John C. Hause
(p. 123-150)
Chapter 6:
The Returns to Investment in Higher Education: Another View
Author(s):
Paul Wachtel
(p. 151-170)
Chapter 7:
Education and the Allocation of Women's Time
Author(s):
Arleen Leibowitz
(p. 171-198)
Chapter 8:
Measuring the Obsolescence of Knowledge
Author(s):
Sherwin Rosen
(p. 199-232)
Chapter 9:
Education and Consumption
Author(s):
Robert T. Michael
(p. 233-252)
Chapter 10:
The Relation between Schooling and Savings Behavior: An Example of the Indirect Effects of Education
Author(s):
(p. 253-294)
Chapter 11:
Education, the Price of Time, and Life-Cycle Consumption
Author(s):
Gilbert Ghez
(p. 295-312)
Chapter 12:
On the Relation between Education and Crime
Author(s):
Isaac Ehrlich
(p. 313-338)
Chapter 13:
Education and Fertility
Author(s):
Robert T. Michael
(p. 339-364)
Chapter 14:
The Influence of Education and Ability on Salary and Attitudes
Author(s):
Albert E. Beaton
(p. 365-396)
Appendix A: Basic Data
Author(s):
F. Thomas Juster
(p. 397-404)
Appendix B: Mental-Ability Tests and Factors
Author(s):
Paul Taubman
&
Terence Wales
(p. 405-410)
Appendix C: Summary of Full Regression Equations of Log Earnings on Measured Ability and Background Variables
Author(s):
John C. Hause
(p. 411-418)
Appendix D: The Concept of "Full Savings"
Author(s):
(p. 419-426)
Appendix E: Ability Scores
Author(s):
Albert E. Beaton
(p. 427-430)
Index
Author(s):
F. Thomas Juster
(p. 431-439)
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