The majority of studies of the returns to human capital investment have generally considered the relationship among wages and individuals' investment in education. However, among factors which increase individuals' stocks of human capital and affect their labour market performances, there are...

Economic models of household behavior typically yield the prediction that increases in schooling levels and wage rates of married women lead to increases in their labor supply and reductions in fertility. In Italy, as well as in other Southern European countries, low labor market participation...