Economics 520 Fall 2004

Huffman

LABOR SUPPLY AND HUMAN CAPITAL READING LIST I.

INTRODUCTION 1.* 2.* 3. 4.* 5. 6.* 7.* 8. 9. 10.

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Lord, W.A. “Neoclassical Growth Theory,” in Household Dynamics, New York, NY: Oxford University Press 2002, pp. 78-117. Jones, C.I. “Introduction to Economic Growth. 2nd ed., WW. Norton, Chapter 3(2002):54-74. Jones, C.I. “Sources of U.S. Economic Growth in a World of Ideas,” Am. Econ. Rev. 92(March 2002):220-239. Pritchett, L. "Divergent, Big Time." J. Econ. Perspectives 11(Summer 1997):3-17. Bourguignon, F. and C. Morrison. “Inequality Among World Citizens: 1820-1992,” Am Econ. Rev. 92(Sept. 2002):727-744. Jorgenson, D.W. and K.J. Stiroh. “U.S. Economic Growth at the Industry Level,” Am. Econ. Rev. 90(May 2000):161-167. Jorgenson, D.W. “Information Technology and the U.S. Economy,” Am. Econ. Rev. 91(Mar 2001):1-32. Topel, R. “Labor Markets and Economic Growth,” O.C. Ashenfelter and D. Card, Eds. Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 3C, New York, NY: Elsevier. Hanushek, E. and D.D. Kinko. "Schooling, Labor-Force Quality and the Growth of Nations," Am. Econ. Rev. 90(Dec. 2000):1184-1208. Fogel, R.W. "Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology: The Bearing on Long-Term Processes on the Making of Economic Policy," Am. Econ. Rev. 84(1994):369-395. Fogel, R.G. “Helath, Nutrition, and Economic Growth.” Econ. Dev. & Cultural Change 52(April 2004):643-658. Johnson, D.G. "Population, Food, and Knowledge," Am. Econ. Rev. 90(May 2000):1-14.

LABOR SUPPLY: FARM AND NONFARM HOUSEHOLD DECISIONS A.

Choice for Individuals and Married Couples 1. Wage Earning Households a.* Lord. “The Allocation of Time Between Home and Work.,” Household Dynamics, pp. 269-312. b. Michael, R. and G.S. Becker. "On the New Theory of Consumer Behavior," in G.S. Becker, The Economic Approach to Human Behavior, pp. 131-152. c.* Blundell, R. and T. MaCurdy. “Labor Supply: A Review of Alternative Approaches,’ In O.C. Ashenfelter and D. Card, Eds., Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 3A, New York, NY: Elsevier, 1999, pp. 15601623

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Agricultural and Other Self-Employed Households a.* Huffman, W.E. "Agricultural Households Models: Survey and Critique," in Multiple Job-Holding among Families in North America. M. Hallberg, et al., Ed., Iowa State University Press, (1991):79-111. b.* Huffman, W.E. "Human Capital: Education and Agriculture," for G. Rausser and B. Gardner, Ed., Handbook of Agricultural Economics, New York, NY: Elsevier, (2001):344-346. c. Taylor, J.E. and I. Adelman. “Agricultural Household Models: Genesis, Evolution, and Extension,” Review of Economics of the Household, 1/2(Jan/April 2003):33-58. d. Strauss, J. “The Theory and Comparative Statics of Agricultural Household Models: A General Approach,” in I. Singh, L. Squire, and J. Strauss, Eds., Agricultural Household Models, Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, (1986):71-94.

Empirical Studies: Labor Force Participation and Hours of Work 1. Patterns in Hours of Work and Wage Rates a.* Costa, D.L. "The Wage and The Length of the Work Day: From the 1890s to 1991," J. Labor Econ. 18(Jan 2000):156-181. b.* Huffman, W.E. “Marketing U.S. Production in the Post-War Era: Implications for Estimating CRI Bias and Real Income from a Complete Household – Demand Systems,” Dept. of Econ., Staff Paper No. 04012, June, 2004. c. Smith, James P. and M.P. Ward. Women's Wages and Work in the Twentieth Century. RAND Corporation, R-3119-NICHD, Oct. 1984. d.* Pencavel, J.H. "The Market Work Behavior and Wages of Women: 1975-94," J. Human Res. 33(Fall 1998):771-804. 2.

Wage-Earning Households a.* Heckman, J.J. "What Has Been Learned about Labor Supply in the Past Twenty Years?" Am. Econ. Rev. 83(May 1993):116-21. b.* Pencavel, J. “A Cohort Analysis of the Association Between Work Hours and Wages Among Men,” J. Human Res., 37(Spring 2002):251-274. c. Ham, J.C. and K.T. Reilly. “Testing Intertemporal Substitution, Implicit Contracts and Hours Restrictions Models of the Labor Market Using Micro Data,” Am. Econ. Rev. 92(Sept. 2002):905-927. d. MaCurdy, T. “An Empirical Model of Labor Supply in a Life-Cycle Setting,” J. Pol. Econ. 89(1981):1059-85. e. Altonji, J. "Intertemporal Substitution in Labor Supply: Evidence from Micro Data," J. Pol. Econ. 94(1986):5176-215. f. Altonji, J. and T.A. Dunn. "An Intergenerational Model of Wages, Hours, and Earnings," J. Human Res. 35 (Spring 2000):221-258. g. Angrist, J.D. and W.N. Evans. "Children and Their Parents' Labor Supply: Evidence from Exogenous Variation in Family Size," Amer. Econ. Rev. 88(June 1998):450-77. h. Lundberg, S. and E. Rose. “The Effects of Sons and Daughters on Men’s Labor Supply and Wages,” The Rev. of Econ. & Stat. 84(2002):251-268.

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Kimmel, J. "Child Care Costs as a Barrier to Employment for Single and Married Mothers," The Rev. Econ. & Stat. 88(May 1998):287-299. Welch, F. "Wages and Participation," J. Labor Econ. 15(Jan 1997):S77-S103. Averett, S.L. and J.L. Hotchkiss. "Female Labor Supply with a Discontinuous, Nonconvex Budget Constraint: Incorporation of a PartTime/Full-Time Wage Differential," The Rev. Econ. & Stat. 79(Aug 1997):461-470.

Self-Employed Households a.* Hamilton, B. “Does Entrepreneurship Pay? An Empirical Analysis of the Return to Self Employment,” J. Pol. Economy. 108(2000):604-631. b.* Huffman, W.E. "Farm and Off-Farm Work Decisions: The Role of Human Capital," The Rev. Econ. & Stat. 62 (Feb. 1980):14-23. c. Tokle, J.G. and W.E. Huffman. "Local Economic Conditions and Wage Labor Decisions of Farm and Rural Nonfarm Couples," Am. J. Agr. Econ. 73(1991):652-670. d. Huffman, W.E. and Mark Lange. "Off-Farm Work Decisions of Husbands and Wives: Joint Decision Making," The Rev. Econ. & Stat. 71(Aug. 1989):471-480. e.* Abdulai, A. and C.L. Delgado. "Determinants of Nonfarm Earnings of Farm Based Husbands and Wives in Northern Ghana," Am. J. Agr. Econ. 81(1999):117-30. f. Fairlie, R.W. and B.D.Meyer.” Trends in Self-Employment among White and Black Men During the Twentieth Century,” J. Human Res. 35(Fall 2000):643669. g.* Edwards, L.N. and E. Fields-Hendrey. “Home-Based Work and Women’s Labor Force Decisions,” J. Labor Econ 20 (Jan. 2002):170-2000. h. Filipovich, D. "An Alternative Approach to the Theory of Employment: Self-Employment versus Wage Employment," Economia Mexicana, Nueva Epoca 6(2nd Semester 1997):177-95.

III. HUMAN CAPITAL: PRODUCTION, INVESTMENT, AND RETURNS A.

Families and Households 1.* Weiss, Y. “The Formation and Desolution of Families.” In M.R. Rosenzweig and O. Stark, Eds., Handbook of Population and Family Economics, Vol. 1A. New York, NY: Elsevier, 1997, pp. 82-130. 2.* Bryant, K. The Economic Organization of the Household, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, Chapter 1 & 8, pp. 1-11 and 217-246. 3. Grossbard-Shechtman, S. On The Economics of Marriage: A Theory of Marriage, Labor, and Divorce. Boulder, CO: Westview Press 1993. 4. Lam, D. "Marriage Markets and Assortive Mating with Household Public Goods," J. Human Res. 23(Fall 1998):462-487. 5. Loughran, D.S. “The Effect of Male Wage Inequality on Female Age at First Marriage,” The Rev. Econ. and Stat. 84(May 2002):237:250. 6. Becker, G.S. and C. Mulligan. "The Endogenous Determination of Time Preference. Quart. J. Econ. 112(Aug. 1997):729-758.

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Schultz, T.P. “Women’s Roles in the Agricultural Household: Bargaining and Human Capital Investment,” in B.L. Gardner and G.C. Rausser, Eds. Handbook of Agricultural Economics, New York, NY: Elsevier, 2001, pp. 383-456.

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Allocation of Time and Goods in Productive Households 1.* Becker, G.S. "A Theory of the Allocation of Time," in G.S. Becker, The Economic Approach to Human Behavior, pp. 89-114 (also Econ. J. 1965:493-517). 2.* Pollak, R.A. and M.L. Wachter. "The Relevance of the Household Production Function and Its Implications for the Allocation of Time," J. Pol. Econ. 83(April 1975):255-278. 3.* Bryant, W.K. "A Comparison of the Household Work of Married Females: The Mid 1920s and late 1960s,” Family and Consumer Science Research Journal 24(June 1996):358-384. 4. Blau, F. “Trends in the Wellbeing of American Women, 1970-1995,” J. Econ. Lit. 36(Mar 1998):112-165. 5. Bryant, W.K. “Technical Change and the Family: An Initial Foray,” in Human Resources Research, 1887-1987, R. Deacon and W. Huffman, Eds., ISU, 1986, pp. 117-126. 6. Biddle, J. and D. Hamermesh. "Sleep and the Allocation of Time," J. Pol. Econ. 98(Oct 1990):922-943. 7. Deaton, A. and C. Paxson. "Economies of Scale, Household Size, and the Demand for Food," J. Pol. Econ. 106(Oct. 1998):897-930. 8.* Huffman, W.E. “Marketing U.S. Production in the Post-War Era: Implication for Estimating CPI Bias and Real Income from a Complete-Household-Demand System,” Iowa State University, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 04012, June 2004.

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General Human Capital Production 1.* Lord. “Skill Acquisition, ..,” Household Dynamics, pp. 222-264. 2. Ben-Porath, Y. "The Production of Human Capital and the Life Cycle of Earnings," J. Pol. Econ. 75(Aug 1967):352-365. 3. Becker, G.S. Human Capital, 3rd Ed., N.Y.: Columbia University Press, 1993, Part I, pp. 29-158. 4.* Huffman, W.E. "Human Capital: Education and Agriculture," in B.L. Gardner and Gordon C. Rausser, Eds., Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Vol. A1, New York, NY: Elsevier, 2001, pp. 337-343. 5. Rothschild, M. and L.J. White. "The Analytics of the Pricing of Higher Education and Other Services in Which the Customers are Inputs," J. Pol. Econ. 103 (June 1995):573-586. 6. Stigler, G.J. "The Economics of Information," J. Pol. Econ. 69(June 1961):213-225.

Fertility, Family Size, Child Quality 1.* Lord. “Family Investments in Children, Child Earnings, and Economic Growth,” and “Household Fertility and Economic Growth,” in Household Dynamics, pp. 188-218 and 316-353.

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Schultz, T.P. "Demand for Children in Low Income Countries," in M.R. Rosenzweig and O. Stark, Eds., Handbook of Population and Family Economics, Elsevier Science, 1997, pp. 350-419. Becker, G.S. "An Economic Analysis of Fertility," in G.S. Becker, The Economic Approach to Human Behavior, pp. 153-160. Becker, G.S. and H.G. Lewis. "On the Interaction Between the Quantity and Quality of Children," in G.S. Becker, The Economic Approach to Human Behavior, pp. 195-204. Francesioni, M. “A Joint Dynamic Model of Fertility and Work of Married Women,” J. Labor Econ. 20(April 2002):336-380. Blau, D.M., D.K. Guilkey, and B.M. Popkin. "Infant Health and Labor Supply of Mothers," J. Human Res. 31 (Winter 1996):90-139. Glewwe, P. "Why Does Mother's Schooling Raise Child Health in Developing Countries? Evidence from Morocco." J. Human Res. 34(Winter 1999):124-159. Lam, D. and S. Duryea. "Effects of Schooling on Fertility, Labor Supply, and Investment in Children, With Evidence From Brazil," J. Human Res. 34(Winter 1999):160-92. Rosenzweig, Mark and R. Evenson. Fertility, Schooling and the Economic Contribution of Children In Rural India: An Econometric Analysis," Econometrica 45(July 1977):1065-80. Hanushek, E.A. "The Trade-Off Between Child Quantity and Quality," J. Pol. Econ. 100(1992):84-117.

Education 1. General a.* Card, D. “The Casual Effect of Education on Earnings,” in O.C. Ashenfelter and D. Card, Eds., Handbook of Labor Econ., Vol. 3A. New York, NY. Elsevier, 1999, pp. 1802-1864. b. Hanushek, E.A. “Measuring Investment in Education,” J. Econ. Perspective 10(Fall 1996):9-30. c. Heckman, J.J. "Policies to Foster Human Capital," Research in Econ., 54(2000):3-56. d. Willis, R. and S. Rosen. "Education and Self-Selection," J. Pol. Econ. 87(1979 Part II):S7-36. e. Griliches, Z. “Estimating the Returns to Schooling: Some Econometric Problems,” Econometrica 45(1977):1-22. f.* Krueger, A.B. and M. Lindahl. “Education for Growth: Why and for Whom?”, J. Econ. Lit. 39(Dec 2001):1101. g. Orazem, Peter O. "Black-White Differences in Schooling Investment and Human Capital Production in Segregated Schools," Am. Econ. Rev. 77(Sept 1987):714-723. h. Cameron, S.V. and J.J. Heckman. "Life-Cycle Schooling and Dynamic Selection Bias: Models and Evidence for Five Cohorts of American Males,"J. Pol. Econ. 106(April 1998):262-333. i.* Light, A. “In School Work Experience and the Returns to Schooling,” J. Labor Econ. 19(Jan. 2001):65-93.

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Ruhm, C.J. "Is High School Employment Consumption or Investment?" J. Labor Econ. 15(Oct 1997):735-776. k. Barron, J., B.T. Ewing ,and G.R. Waddell. "The Effects of High School Athletic Participation on Education and Labor Market Outcomes," The Rev. Econ. & Stat. 82(Aug 2000):409-421. l. Murphy, K.M. and S. Peltzman, “School Performance and the Youth Labor Market,” J. Labor Econ. 22(April 2004):299-328. m. Garces, E., D. Thomas, and J. Curris, “Longer-Term Effects of Head Start,” Am. Econ. Rev. 92(Sept. 2002):999-1012. n.* Charles, K.K. and M-C Luoh, “Gender Differences in Completed Schooling,” The Rev. Econ. & Stat. 85 (Aug .2003):559-577. 2.

Schools and School Quality a.* Dixit, A. “Incentives and Organizations in the Public Sector,” J. Human Resources 37(2002):697-727. b. Hanushek, Eric. Making Schools Work. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1994. c.* Hoxby, C. “Does Competition Among Public Schools Benefit Students and Taxpayers?” Amer. Econ. Rev. 90 (Dec 2000):1209-1238. d.* Bishop, J. "Is The Test Score Decline Responsible for the Productivity Growth Decline?" Am. Econ. Rev. 79(Mar 1989):179-197. e.* Dearden, L., J. Ferri, and C. Meghir. “The Effect of School Quality on Educational Attainment and Wages,” The Rev. Econ. & Stat. 84(Feb 2002):120. f. Strayer, W. “The Return to School Quality: College Choice and Earnings,” J. Labor Econ. 20(July 2002):475-503. g.* Rose, H. and J.R. Betts. “The Effect of High School Courses on Earnings,” Rev. Econ. S Stat. 86(May 2004):497-513. h. Hoxby, C.M. "How Teachers' Unions Affect Education Productivity," Quart. J Econ. 111(Aug 1996):671-717. i. Ballou, Dale. "Do Public Schools Hire the Best Applicants?" Quart. J. Econ. 111(Feb 1996):97-134. j.* Glewwe, P. “Schools and Skills in Developing Countries: Education Policy and Socioeconomic Outcomes,” J. Econ. Lit. 40(June 2002): 436-483. k. Alderman, H., P. F. Orazem, and E.M. Pateruo. “School Quality, School Cost, and the Public-Private School Choices of Low-Income Households in Pakerton,” J. Human Res. 36(Spring 2001):304-326. l. Behrman, J.R., A.B. Foster, M.R. Rosenzweig, and P. Vashishtha. "Women's Schooling, Home Teaching, and Economic Growth," J. Pol. Econ. 107(1999):682-714. m. Goldin, C. "Egalitarianism and the Returns to Education During the Great Transformation of American Education," J. Pol. Econ. 107(1999):565-S94. n. Neal, D. “How Vouchers Could Change the Market for Education,” J. Econ. Perspectives 16(Fall 2002):25-44.

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Health, Mal- and Over-Nourished, and Life Expectancy 1.* Currie, J. “Child Health in Developed Countries,” in A.J. Culyer and J.P. Newhouse, Eds., Handbook of Health Economics, Vol. 1A, New York, NY: Elsevrer, 2000, pp. 1053-1092. 2.* Alderman, H. J.R. Behrman, V. Lavy, and R. Menon. “Child Health and School Enrollment: A Longitudinal Analyses,” J. Human Res. 36(Spring 2001):184-205. 3. Ehrlich, I. and H. Chuma. "A Model of the Demand for Longevity and the Value of Life Extension," J. Pol. Econ. 98(Aug 1990):761-782. 4. Kenkel, D.S. "Health Behavior, Health Knowledge and Schooling," J. Pol. Econ. 99(April 1991):287-305. 5. Schultz, T.P. "Investments in the Schooling and Health of Women and Men," J. Human Res. 28(1993):694-734. 6. Becker, G.S., M. Grossman, and K.M. Murphy. "An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction," Am. Econ. Rev. 4(June 1994):396-418. 7. Orphanides, A. and D. Zeros. "Rational Addiction with Learning and Regret," J. Pol. Econ. 103(1995):739-58. 8. Levine, P.B., T.A. Gustafson, and A.D. Velenchile. “More Bad News Smokers? The Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Wages,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 50(1997):493-509. 9. Goldbaum, D. "Life Cycle Consumption of a Harmful and Addictive Good," Econ. Inquiry 38(Sept 2000):458-469. 10.* Keng, S. and W.E. Huffman. "Health, Binge Drinking, and Labor Market Success: A Longitudinal Study of Young People," ISU Staff Paper #330, Sept. 2000 (Revised 12-02). 11.* Fogel, R.W. "Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology: The Bearing on Long-Term Processes on the Making of Economic Policy," Am. Econ. Rev. 84(June 1994):369-395. 12 Fogel, R.W. “Health, Nutrition, and Economic Growth,” Econ. Dev. & Cultural Change 52 (April 2004):643-658. 13.* Strauss, J. and D. Thomas. "Health, Nutrition, and Economic Development," J. Econ. Lit. 36(June 1998):766-817. 14.* Behrman, J.R. and M.R. Rosenzweig. “Returns to Birthweight,” The Rev. Econ. & Stat. 86(May 2004):586-601. 15.* Huffman, W.E. and P.F. Orazem. “The Role of Agricultural and Human capital in Economic Growth: Farmers, Schooling and Health,” ISU, Dept. of Econ. Staff Paper #, Aug. 2004. 16.* Cutler, D.M., E.L. Glaeser, and J.M. Shapiro. “Why have Americans Become more Obese?” J. Econ. Perspectives 17(Sum 2003):93-118. 17. Gleason, P.M. and C.W. Suitor. “Eating at School: How the National School Lunch Program Affects Children’s Diets,” Am. J. Agr. Econ. 85(Nov 2003):1047-1961. 18. Hurley, T.M., J.B. Kliebenstein, and P.F. Orazem. “An Analysis of Occupational Health in Pork Production,” Am. J. Agr. Econ. 82(2000):323-333. 19. Manning, W.G., E.B. Keeler, J.P. Newhouse, E.M. Sloss, and J. Wasserman. The Costs of Poor Health Habits. Harvard University Press, 1991.

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Wage Rates and Wage Differentials 1. Incentives a.* Lazear, E. "Performance Pay and Productivity," Am. Econ. Rev. 90(Dec 2000):1346-1361. b. Paarsch, H.J. and B. Shearer. "The Response of Worker Effort to Piece Rate: Evidence from the British Columbia Tree-Planting Industry," J. Human Res. 34(Fall 1999):643-67. c.* Booth, A.L. and J. Frank. "Earnings, Productivity, and Performance-Related Pay," J. Labor Econ. 17(July 1999):447-463. d. Rubin, D.K. and J.M. Perloff. "Who Works for Piece Rates and Why?" Am. J. Agr. Econ. 75(1993):1036-1043. e. Hwang, H., D.T. Mortenson, and W.R. Reed. "Hedonic Wages and Labor Market Search." J. Labor Econ. 16(Oct 1998):815-47. 2.

Wage Rates/Earnings a.* Gould, E.D. “Rising Wage Inequality, Comparative Advantage, and the Growing Importance of General Skills in the United States,” J. Labor Econ. 20(Jan. 2002):105147. b.* Hyslop, D.R. “Rising U.S. Earnings Inequality and Family Labor Supply: The Covariance Structure of Intrafamily Earning,” Amer. Econ. Rev. 91(Sept 2001):755777. c.* Allen, S.G. “Technology and the Wage Structure,” J. Labor Econ. 9(April 2001):440483. d. Welch, F. "In Defense of Inequality," Am. Econ. Rev. 89(May 1999):1-17. e.* Gould, E.D. “Rising Wage Inequality, Comparative Advantage, and the Growing Importance of General Skills in the United States,” J. Labor Econ. 20(Jan 2002):105147. f.* Acemoglu, D. “Technical Change, Inequality, and the Labor Market,” J. Econ. Literature 40(March 2002):7-72. g. Heckman, J., A. Layne-Farrar and P. Todd. "Human Capital Pricing Equations with an Application to Estimating the Effect of Schooling Quality on Earnings," The Rev. Econ. & Stat. 78(1997):562-610: h. Heckman, J., J. Smith, and C. Tuber. "Accounting for (JTPA) Dropouts in Evaluations of Social Programs," The Rev. Econ. and Stat. 80(Feb 1998):1-14. i. Foster, A.D. and M.R. Rosenzweig. "Information, Learning, and Wage Rates in Low-Income Areas," J. Human Resources 28(1993):759-790. j. Ginther, D. "Alternative Estimates of the Effects of Schooling on Earnings," Rev. Econ. & Statistics. 82(2000):103-116. k. Day, K.M. and R.A. Devliou. "The Payoff to Work Without Pay: Volunteer Work as an Investment in Human Capital," Canadian J. Econ. 31(Nov 1998):1179-91.

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Wage Differentials a.* Biddle, J.E. and D.S. Hamermesh. "Beauty, Productivity, and Discrimination: Lawyers' Looks and Lucre." J. Labor Econ. 16(Jan 1998):172-201. b.* Brown, C. and M. Corcoran. "Sex-Based Differences in School Content and the Male-Female Wage Gap," J. Labor Econ. 15(July 1997):431-465.

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Blau, F.D. and L.M. Kahn. "Swimming Upstream: Trends in the Gender Wage Differential in the 1980s," J. Labor Econ. 15(Jan 1997):1-42. Bratsberg, B. and J.F. Ragan. “The Tax Act of Host-Country Schooling on Earnings: A Study of Male Immigrants in the United States,” J. Human Res. 37(Winter 2002):63-105. Trejo, S.J. "Why Do Mexican Americans Earn Low Wages?" J. Pol. Econ 105(Dec 1997):1235-1268. Smith, J.P. and F. Welch. "Black Economic Progress after Myrdal," J. Econ. Lit. 27(1989):519-64. Neal, D. and W.R. Johnson. "The Role of Premarket Factors in Black-White Wage Differences," J. Pol. Econ. 104(Oct 1996):869-895. Bollinger, C.R. “Measurement Error in Human Capital and the Black-White Wage Gap,” The Rev. of Econ. & Stat. 85(Aug 2003):578-585. Blau, F.D. and L.M. Kahn. "Gender Differences in Pay." J. Econ. Perspectives 14(Fall 2000):75-99. Bernhiem, B.D., J. Skinner, and S. Weinberg, “What Accounts for the Variation in Retirement Wealth Among U.S. Households?” Amer. Econ. Rev. 91(Sept 2001): 832857.

Specific Training Choices/Effects 1.* Acemoglu, D. and J. Pischke. "The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training." J. Pol. Econ. 107(1999):539-572. 2.* Bartel, A.P. and N. Sicherman. "Technological Change and the Skill Acquisition of Young Workers," J. Labor Econ. 16(Oct 1998):718-755. 3. Barron, J.M., M.C. Berger, and D.A. Black. "Do Workers Pay for On-the-Job Training?" J. Human Resources 34(Spring 1999):235-252. . 4. Parent, D. “Wages and Mobility: The Impact of Employer-Provided Training,” J. Labor Econ. 17(April 1999):298-317. 5. Lowenstein, M.A. and J.R. Splitzer. "General and Specific Training: Evidence and Implications," J. Human Resource 34(Fall 1999):710-733. 6. Light, A. and K. McGary. "Job Change Patterns and the Wages of Young Men," Rev. Econ. & Stat. 80(May 1998):276-286. 7. Loewenstein, M.D. and J.A. Spletzer. "Dividing the Costs and Returns to General Training," J. Labor Econ. 16(Jan 1998):142-171. 8. Neal, D. "Industry-Specific Human Capital: Evidence from Displaced Workers," J. Labor Econ. 13(Oct 1995):653-677.

Human Resource Mobility 1. General a.* Borjas, G.I. “The Economic Analysis of Immigration,” in O.C. Ashenfelter and D. Card, Eds., Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol 3A, New York, NY: Elsevrir, pp. 1698-1760. b. Greenberg, M.J. "Internal Migration in Developed Countries," in R. Rosenzweig and D. Stark, Handbook of Population and Family Economics, Elsevier Science, 1997, pp. 648-712.

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Agriculture a.* Taylor, J.E. and P.L. Martin, “Human Capitol: Migration and Rural Population Change,” in B.L. Gardner and G.C. Rausser, Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 1A, New York, NY: Elsevier, 2001, pp. 458-512. b.* Martin, P. and J.E. Taylor. "Introduction: Immigration Reform and U.S. Agriculture," P.L. Martin, Ed., Immigration Reform and US. Agriculture, Univ. of CA, Division of Agr and Nat Resources, Publ. 3358, 1995, pp. 1-18. c. Emerson, R.D. "Migratory Labor and Agriculture," Am. J. Agr. Econ 71(Aug 1989):617-29. d. Torok, S. and W.E. Huffman. "U.S.-Mexican Trade in Winter Vegetables and Illegal Immigration," Am. J. Agr. Econ. 68(May 1986):246-260. e.* Perloff, Jeffrey M., L. Lynch, and S. Gabbard. "Migration of Seasonal Agricultural Workers," Am. J. Agr. Econ. 80(Feb 1998):154-164. f. Gisser, M. and A. Davila. “Do Farm Workers Earn Less? An Analysis of the Farm Labor Program,” Am. J. Agr. Econ. 80(Nov 1998):669-682. g. Jarvis, L. and E. Vera. “Seasonal Adjustments in a Market for Female Agricultural Workers.” Am. J. Agr. Econ. 86(Feb 2004):254-266. h.* Huang, T-L., P. Orazem, and D. Wohlgemuth. "Rural Population Growth, 1950-1990: The Role of Human Capital, Industry Structure and Government," Am. J. Agr. Econ. 83(2000):615-627. i. Barkley, A.P. "The Determinants of the Migration of Labor Out of Agriculture in the United States, 1940-85," Am. J. Agr. Econ. 72(Aug 1990):567-73. j. Gale, Fred. "The New Generation of American Farmers: Farm Entry and Exit Prospects for the 1990s." USDA, ERS, Agr. Econ. Report No. 695, Oct. 1994.

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David, P.A., B.H. Hall, and A.A. Toole. "Is Public R&D a Complement or Substitute for Private R&D? A Review of the Econometric Evidence." Research Policy 29(2000):497-529. 5.* Huffman, W.E. and O. Alfranca. “Private R&D Investments in Agriculture: The Role of Incentives, Public Policies, and Institutions,” Econ Dev. & Cultural Change 51(Oct 2003):1-21. 6.* Evenson , R.E. and D. Gollin. “Assessing the Impact of the Green Revolution, 19602000,” Science 300 (May 2003):758-762. 7. Huffman, W.E. and R.E. Evenson. Science for Agriculture, Iowa State University Press, 1993, pp. 30-64. 8.* Griliches, Zvi. "R&D and Productivity: The Unfinished Business," in R&D and Productivity: The Econometric Evidence. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1999, pp. 269-283. 9. Evenson, R.E. "Economic Impact Studies of Agricultural Research and Extension," for G. Rausser and B. Gardner, Eds., Handbook of Agricultural Economics, 2001, pp. 574-622. 10.* Huffman, W.E. and R. E. Just, “Setting Efficient Incentives for Agricultural Research: Lessons from Principal-Agent Theory,” Am. J. Agr. Econ. 82(Nov 2000):828-841. 11. Wright, Brian D. "The Economics of Invention Incentives: Patents, Prizes, and Research Contracts," Am. Econ. Rev. 73(1983):707-28. 12 Blanchard, O. and M. Kremer. "Disorganization." Quart. J. Econ. 112(Nov 1997):1091-1126. :\huffman\courses\readlist.520

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