Modern Labour Economics

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Modern Labour Economics

• Chapter 9
• Investments in Human Capital Education and
  Training

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Figure 9.1 The Optimum Acquisition of Human
Capital
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Table 9.1 Changes in University Enrollments, by
Gender, 1970-1998
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Table 9.2 Proportion of Women among Those
Graduating with University Degrees, by Level of
Attainment, 1970-1998
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Figure 9.2 Alternative Earnings Streams
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Figure 9.3 Money Earnings (Mean), for
Full-Time, Full-Year Male Workers, 1997
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Figure 9.4 Money Earnings (Mean), for
Full-Time, Full-Year Female Workers, 1997
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Table 9.3 Employee Participation in On-the-Job
and Classroom Training Activity, by Gender, Age,
and Education, Canada, 1999
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Figure 9.5 Participation of Employed Persons in
Employer-Sponsored Training, by Age, 1991 and
1997
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Figure 9.6 Investment in On-the-Job Training
over the Life Cycle
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Table 9.4 Average Actual Hours of Work, by
Gender, 1980 and 1998
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Figure 9.7 Proportion of Adults Participating
in Job-Related Training, by Gender in Canada,
1991 and 1997
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Table 9.5 Percentages of Women among University
Graduates, by Degree and Field of Study, Canada,
1990 and 1998
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Table 9.6 International Comparisons of
Schooling, 1998
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Figure 9.8 The Benefits to Workers of
Educational Signaling
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Figure 9.9 The Lifetime Benefits and Costs of
Educational Signaling
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Figure 9.10 Requiring a Greater Signal May Have
Costs without Benefits
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Figure 9A.1 The Labour Market for Engineers
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Figure 9A.2 The Labour Market for Engineers A
Cobweb Model
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Figure 9B.1 Indifference Curves for Two
Different Workers
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Figure 9B.2 Isoprofit Curves for Two Different
Firms
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Figure 9B.3 The Education/Wage Relationship
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Figure 9B.4 Unwillingness of a Firm to Pay for
More Education of Employees