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This chapter discusses the large literature and numerous issues regarding education-related differences in income in …. Following the 1940 Decennial Census, which collected information on educational attainment and on earned income and time worked … 1950s/early 1960s greatly expanded the research on education and income and shifted the focus to wages. The human capital …
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This paper uses massive online genealogy data from the United States over the 19th century to estimate period and cohort-based sex differences in longevity. Following previous work, we find a longevity reversal in the mid-19th century that expanded rapidly for at least a half century. For...
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This paper presents an analysis of the differential role of mortality for the optimal schooling and retirement age when the accumulation of human capital follows the so-called "Ben-Porath mechanism". We set up a life-cycle model of consumption and labor supply at the extensive margin that allows...
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