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Title: Interrupted Work Careers: Depreciation and Restoration of Human Capital
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Mincer, Jacob Ofek, Haim |
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Interrupted Work Careers: Depreciation and Restoration of Human Capital Journal of Human Resources 17,1 (Winter 1982): 3-24. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/145520 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Employment, Intermittent/Precarious; Human Capital Theory; Immigrants; Migration; Wages; Wives The quantitative effects and even the existence of a "human capital depreciation" phenomenon have been a subject of controversy in the recent literature. Prior work, however, was largely cross-sectional and the longitudinal dimension, if any, was retrospective. Using longitudinal panel data (on married women in the NLS of Mature Women), we have now established that real wages at reentry are, indeed, lower than at the point of labor force withdrawal; and the decline in wages is greater, the longer the interruption. Another striking finding is a relatively rapid growth in wages after the return to work. This rapid growth appears to reflect the restoration (or "repair") of previously eroded human capital. The phenomenon of "depreciation" and "restoration" is also visible in data for immigrants to the United States. However, while immigrants eventually catch up with and often surpass natives, returnees from the non-market do not fully restore their earnings potential. |
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Mincer, Jacob and Haim Ofek. "Interrupted Work Careers: Depreciation and Restoration of Human Capital." Journal of Human Resources 17,1 (Winter 1982): 3-24.
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