Description
The original book published with the IZA, this work presents and analyzes the work of one of the most important economists of the 20th century – Jacob Mincer. Known as the founder of modern labor economics, Mincer made huge contributions to the field including introducing the concept of human capital. Pedro N. Teixeira is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Porto and Senior Researcher at CIPES – Portuguese National Research Centre on Higher Education Policy and CEMPRE – Research Centre on Macroeconomics and Forecasting (Department of Economics – University of Porto). He is also affiliated with IZA and with PROPHE – Program of Research on Private Higher Education. He completed his PhD in Economics in 2003 (University of Exeter) and has also earned a Masters in the Economics of Higher Education at CHEPS (University of Twente, The Netherlands) and a BA in Economics from the University of Porto (Portugal). 1 Introduction: A Brief Portrait of Jacob Mincer; 2 The Changing Role of Education in Economic Analysis; 3 Placing Human Capital at the Center of Income Distribution; 4 Appraising the Impact of the Human Capital Research Program; 5 Human Capital and the Long-term View of the Labor Market; 6 Human Capital and Labor Market Dynamics; 7 The Influence of Jacob Mincer on Modern Labor Economics; 8 The Human Capital Labor Economist
