Chi Him Roger Yip. / Thesis submitted in 1997. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-137). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Acknowledgment --- p.1 / Abstract --- p.2 / CONTENTS --- p.3 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction and Overview --- p.5 / Chapter I. --- Age-earnings profiles --- p.6 / Chapter II. --- An overview of the thesis --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.25 / Chapter I. --- Human capital as a determinant of earnings --- p.25 / Chapter A. --- The early roots: Adam Smith --- p.25 / Chapter B. --- Rapid development in human capital theory in the late 20th century --- p.27 / Chapter II. --- Empirical labour economics: Mincer's statistical earnings function --- p.29 / Chapter A. --- Development of the statistical earnings function --- p.29 / Chapter B. --- The problem of ability bias --- p.32 / Chapter III. --- Empirical Evidence --- p.34 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- The Data Sets and the Variables Available --- p.37 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Earnings Variations among Working Men --- p.40 / Chapter I. --- Summary statistics --- p.40 / Chapter II. --- "Earnings Function, and Estimation Results" --- p.42 / Chapter III. --- Summing-up --- p.52 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- The Contribution of Educational Fields to Earnings --- p.53 / Chapter I. --- Summary statistics --- p.53 / Chapter II. --- Earnings functions with educational fields as dummy variables --- p.63 / Chapter III. --- Summing-up --- p.76 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Earnings Variations by Industries --- p.78 / Chapter I. --- Summary statistics --- p.78 / Chapter II. --- Earnings functions with industries as dummy variables --- p.83 / Chapter III. --- Contribution of educational fields to earnings --- p.90 / Chapter IV. --- Summing-up --- p.106 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Earnings Variations by Occupations --- p.107 / Chapter I. --- Summary statistics --- p.107 / Chapter II. --- Earnings functions with occupations as dummy variables --- p.112 / Chapter III. --- Contribution of educational fields to earnings --- p.118 / Chapter IV. --- Summing-up --- p.131 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusion --- p.132 / Bibliography --- p.134
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322414 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Contributors | Yip, Chi Him Roger., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Economics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, 137 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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