Some people enjoy higher incomes than others. Some are promoted faster. Some are
leaders on more important projects. The human capital explanation is that inequality results …

This paper investigates the implications of social rewards on the allocation of talent in
society and consequently on the process of economic growth. We consider two sources of …

As debate rages over the widening and destructive gap between the rich and the rest of
Americans, Claude Fischer and his colleagues present a comprehensive new treatment of …

Most Americans strongly favor equality of opportunity if not outcome, but many are weary of
poverty's seeming immunity to public policy. This helps to explain the recent attention paid to …

ONE OF THE best-documented relationships in economics is the link between education
and income: more highly educated people have higher incomes. Advocates argue that …

An important objective of liberal social reform in the United States has been to render one's
chances of economic success independent of one's race, sex, or family socioeconomic …

This monograph discusses some basic concepts and reviews some of the more salient
research findings dealing with equality of educational opportunity. Major emphasis of the …

" Greater wealth, health, freedom, fairness, and educational opportunity are not going to give
us the egalitarian society of our philosophical heritage. It will instead give us a society …

The most important point I can make in assessing contributions of human capital theory is
that it is a tool for analysis and is neither a religion nor a shrine. Like any other analytical …

Human Capital is Becker's classic study of how investment in an individual's education and
training is similar to business investments in equipment. Recipient of the 1992 Nobel Prize …