Explores the properties of a life cycle model of human capital accumulation under the assumptions that the individual cannot borrow to finance his schooling, but may receive an allowance while specializing. (Author/IRT)

A supply mechanism is described whereby nondiscriminating employers are expected to pay lower wages to females than to equally qualified males. Procedures are proposed to estimate the portion of the unexplained male-female wage differential that arises because of family locational considerations. Single copies available from the Secretary, C.…

Available from: C. Elton Hinshaw, Secretary, 1313 21st Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee 37212. (JG)

Available from: C. Elton Hinshaw, Secretary, 1313 21st Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee 37212. (JG)

Single copies may be purchased from Secretary, C. Elton Hinshaw, 1313 21st Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee 37212. (JG)

Based on a microeconometric examination of Philadelphia school district data, analyzes the impact on student achievement of pupil-specific variation in students' genetic endowment and socioeconomic status, teacher quality, nonteacher school quality, and peer group characteristics. Single copies may be purchased from Secretary, C. Elton Hinshaw,…

The macroeconomic model in Ray C. Fair's textbook, "Specification, Estimation, and Analysis of Macroeconometric Models" (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984), has been programed to run on a personal computer. The model consists of 128 equations. The model's potential for use as a teaching tool is discussed. (RM)

Calculates human capital earnings functions over 20 years for 822 men (the Terman sample) and argues that the percentage of gross earnings invested in education may fall below 100 percent well before school ends. (Available from the Secretary's Office, American Economic Association, 1313 21st Ave., South, Nashville, Tennessee 37212) (Author/JG)

An empirical attempt to identify some of the structural components of the observed rapid rise in the relative earnings of blacks in the United States between 1959 and 1966. Major components considered include quality of schooling, years of schooling, and weeks worked in a year. (Author/DN)

Study attempts to provide conclusive answers to questions concerning the worth of teachers, the efficiency of school operations, and teacher/classroom characteristics particularly within a racial-ethnic context. (EA)

Attacks two assumptions: (1) that schooling raises the level of cognitive development of students, and (2) that this increase explains the relationship between schooling and earnings. (Author/LR)

A model analyzing the relationships among housing values, property taxation, local services, residential mobility, voting patterns, and local government policies leads to the conclusion that changes in intergovernmental grants, rather than tax limitations, may solve current problems in housing and services use. Availablility: Secretary, 1313 21st…