Jointly sponsored by Dept. of Economics, University of Wisconsin and the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth. Includes bibliographical references.

A diverse array of factors may influence both earnings and consumption; however, this work primarily focuses on the impact of investments in human capital upon

Jointly sponsored by Dept. of Economics, University of Wisconsin and the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth. Includes bibliographical references.

Human capital theory, or the notion that there is a direct relationship between educational investment and individual and national prosperity, has dominated pub