Detailed estimation of worklife expectancy for the measurement of human capital: Accounting for marriage and children

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 339-361

  Millimet, Daniel L ^a   Nieswiadomy, Michael ^b   Slottje, Daniel ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Human capital; Markov processes; Marriage; Worklife expectancy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMETRICS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR STANDARD; LABOR SUPPLY; MARKOV CHAIN; MARRIAGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951952754     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2009.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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