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Jacob Mincer: A Founding Father of Modern Labor Economics
Pedro N. Teixeira
Abstract
This book presents the work of one of the most important economists of the second half of the 20th century, Jacob Mincer. Mincer played a central role in shaping contemporary labor economics, namely through his pioneering work in human capital and labor supply analysis. The book presents a systematic analysis of all his extensive published work, emphasizing its continuity as a lifetime research program that had a lasting influence in modern labor economics. The analysis also highlights his main theoretical and methodological traits that make his research so unique.
Keywords: labor, human capital, education, training, inequality, economist
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2007 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199211319 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2007 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199211319.001.0001 |
