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Task-specific Human Capital Accumulation and Wage Outcomes among Young Men: An Empirical Analysis M.A. Thesis, Department of Economics, University of South Carolina, 2014 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Human Capital; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Occupational Information Network (O*NET); Wage Effects Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Existing literature suggests that investment in different kinds of task-specific human capital may have significant effects on wage outcomes and overall economic wellbeing of individuals. To examine this claim, the accumulation of task-specific human capital in young male workers with no college education and its effects on wages is measured. Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth panel data merged with six task-specific human capital measures derived from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles task contents data, fixed effects regression was utilized to measure how workers' task-specific human capital develops over time. This process shows that among the task measures used, accumulation of experience in routine cognitive tasks is the greatest determiner of wage outcomes. |
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Holland, Morgan. Task-specific Human Capital Accumulation and Wage Outcomes among Young Men: An Empirical Analysis. M.A. Thesis, Department of Economics, University of South Carolina, 2014. |