Human capital
Subtitle: a theoretical and empirical analysis, with special reference to education
By: Gary S. Becker.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Education -- Economic aspects -- United States; Manpower policy -- United States; Human capital -- United States
Description: Human Capital is Becker's classic study of how investment in an individual's education and training is similar to business investments in equipment. Recipient of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Economic Science, Gary S. Becker is a pioneer of applying economic analysis to human behavior in such areas as discrimination, marriage, family relations, and education. Becker's research on human capital was considered by the Nobel committee to be his most noteworthy contribution to economics. This expanded edition includes four new chapters, covering recent ideas about human capital, fertility and economic growth, the division of labor, economic considerations within the family, and inequality in earnings. --Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.