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Jacob Mincer

The Founding Father of Modern Labor Economics

Pedro N Teixeira author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:8th Mar '07

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The first in a series of books published with the IZA, this book presents and analyzes the work of one of the most important economists of the 20th century - Jacob Mincer. Mincer's work has had a lasting influence on contemporary labor economics in both theoretical and methodological terms. Mincer played a central role in shaping contemporary labor economics, not the least by largely determining its research agenda. His work in the 1960s and 70s on the determinants of individual earnings, notably human capital, and on labor force supply, particularly female participation, have had an enormous impact on the way others have approached labor economics. This book presents a systematic analysis of his extensive published work, emphasising its continuity as a lifetime research program that has made a lasting influence on modern labor economics.

  • Winner of European Society for the History of Economic Thought Prize for the Best Monograph of 2007 and 2008.

ISBN: 9780199211319

Dimensions: 223mm x 146mm x 18mm

Weight: 409g

240 pages