SSRN Labor: Human Capital eJournal

1.

Luck Versus Skill in the Cross Section of Mutual Fund Returns

Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 2009-56 , Chicago Booth School of Business Research Paper, Journal of Finance, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2010

Accepted Paper Series

Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French

University of Chicago - Finance and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Downloads 21,210

2.

The Role of Education Quality for Economic Growth

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4122

Number of pages: 96 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

Working Paper Series

Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann

Stanford University - Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

Downloads 11,000

3.

Anatomy of an Entrepreneur: Family Background and Motivation

Kauffman Foundation Small Research Projects Research

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Jul 2009

Working Paper Series

Vivek Wadhwa, Krisztina Holly, Raj Aggarwal and Alex Salkever

Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering, University of Southern California, University of Akron and Duke University - Pratt School of Engineering

Downloads 9,138

4.

The Role of Education in Economic Development: A Theoretical Perspective

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 28 May 2008

Working Paper Series

Ilhan Ozturk

Cag University

Downloads 8,808

5.

Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation

Economics and Statistics Administration Issue Brief No. 04-11

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 Nov 2011

Working Paper Series

David N. Beede, Tiffany A. Julian, David Langdon, George McKittrick, Beethika Khan and Mark E. Doms

Office of the Chief Economist, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Government of the United States of America - Bureau of the Census, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, National Science Foundation and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Downloads 7,627

6.

The Economic Lives of the Poor

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 06-29

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Nov 2006

Working Paper Series

Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 6,048

7.

Financial Literacy, Financial Education and Downstream Financial Behaviors (full paper and web appendix)

Forthcoming in Management Science

Number of pages: 103 Posted: 02 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Daniel Fernandes, John G. Lynch Jr. and Richard G. Netemeyer

Catholic University of Portugal, University of Colorado-Boulder, Leeds School of Business - Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making and University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce

Downloads 5,805

8.

The Impact of Training and Motivation on Performance of Employees

Business Review, Volume 7, Number 2, July - December 2012, 84-95

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Muhammad Ikhlas Khan

UBL Fund Managers Limited

Downloads 5,297

9.

The Price of 'Man' and 'Woman': A Hedonic Pricing Model of Avatar Attributes in a Synthethic World

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 957

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Jun 2003

Working Paper Series

Edward Castronova

Indiana University

Downloads 5,047

10.

America's Loss is the World's Gain: America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Part 4

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2013

Working Paper Series

Vivek Wadhwa, AnnaLee Saxenian, Richard B. Freeman and G. Gereffi

Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley - School of Information, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Duke University - Department of Sociology - Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness

Downloads 4,902

11.

Generating Skilled Self-Employment in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 23 May 2013 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Christopher Blattman, Nathan Fiala and Sebastian Martinez

University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Connecticut - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 4,850

12.

Are We Selling Results or Résumés?: The Underexplored Linkage between Human Resource Strategies and Firm-Specific Capital

Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 105

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2008

Working Paper Series

William D. Henderson

Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Downloads 4,557

13.

Misery and Myopia: Understanding the Failures of U.S. Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 74, p. 2977, May 2006, UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 79, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2009-31, Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship Research Paper No. 931448

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Sep 2006

Accepted Paper Series

Jennifer M. Chacón

University of California, Irvine School of Law

Downloads 4,297

14.

How Computer Automation Affects Occupations: Technology, Jobs, and Skills

Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-49

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2016

Working Paper Series

James E. Bessen

Boston University - School of Law

Downloads 4,174

15.

Diversity in Economics: An Analysis of Journal Quality Perceptions

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Feb 2003

Working Paper Series

Kostas Axarloglou and Vasilis Theoharakis

ALBA Graduate Business School and ALBA Graduate Business School

Downloads 4,164

16.

The Role of Human Resource Management in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions

International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 15, No. 8, pp. 1357-1372, December 2004

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Sep 2004

Accepted Paper Series

Ruth V. Aguilera and John Dencker

and Northeastern University - D'Amore-McKim

Downloads 3,935

17.

Getting the Numbers Right: International Engineering Education in the United States, China, and India

Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 97, No. 1, pp. 13-25, 2008

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2008

Accepted Paper Series

G. Gereffi, Vivek Wadhwa, Ben A. Rissing and Ryan Ong

Duke University - Department of Sociology - Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness, Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Behavioral Policy Science (BPS) and Duke University - Department of Sociology

Downloads 3,786

18.

How the Disciple Became the Guru

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 23 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2008

Working Paper Series

Vivek Wadhwa, Una Kim de Vitton and G. Gereffi

Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering, Harvard University and Duke University - Department of Sociology - Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness

Downloads 3,673

19.

Are Successful Women Entrepreneurs Different from Men?

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 12 May 2010

Working Paper Series

J. McGrath Cohoon, Vivek Wadhwa and Lesa Mitchell

University of Virginia, Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Downloads 3,335

20.

Globalization Effect on Education and Culture: An Analysis

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 28 May 2012

Working Paper Series

Naveen Kumar Sharma Sr.

Government Engineering College, Bikaner

Downloads 3,321

21.

Returns to Investment in Education: A Further Update

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2881

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Mar 2003

Working Paper Series

George Psacharopoulos and Harry A. Patrinos

affiliation not provided to SSRN and World Bank

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 3,273

22.

Measuring Skill in the Mutual Fund Industry

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2014

Working Paper Series

Jonathan Berk and Jules H. van Binsbergen

Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 3,195

23.

Scale and Skill in Active Management

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2014

Working Paper Series

Lubos Pastor, Robert F. Stambaugh and Lucian Taylor

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

There are 5 versions of this paper

Downloads 3,064

24.

Human Capital, Asset Allocation, and Life Insurance

Yale ICF Working Paper No. 05-11

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 May 2005

Working Paper Series

Roger G. Ibbotson, Peng Chen, Moshe A. Milevsky and Xingnong Zhu

Yale School of Management, Ibbotson Associates, York University - Schulich School of Business and Ibbotson Associates

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 3,050

25.

Competency Mapping

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Business Research, March 2006

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 19 Feb 2012

Accepted Paper Series

Dr. Ramakrishnan

Classic Consultants

Downloads 3,049

26.

Challenges Faced by the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia: An Intellectual Capital Perspective

International Journal of Current Research, Vol. 3, No. 6, p. 398, June 2011

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 22 Jul 2011

Accepted Paper Series

Muhammad Khalique, Abu Hassan Bin Md. Isa, Jamal Abdul Nassir Shaari and Adel Ageel

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)

Downloads 2,914

27.

Survive Then Thrive: Talent, Research Motivation, and Completing the Economics Ph.D.

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Jan 2007

Working Paper Series

Wayne A. Grove, Donald H. Dutkowsky and Andrew Grodner

Le Moyne College - Department of Economics, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and East Carolina University - Department of Economics

Downloads 2,797

28.

Human Resource Management Practices in an Airline Industry: The British Airways Global Perspective

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2013

Working Paper Series

Dr. Julius B. Bertillo and Dr. Josefina Bertillo Salando

Arab Open University - Bahrain Branch and Oman College of Management and Technology

Downloads 2,764

29.

Education, Entrepreneurship and Immigration: America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Part II

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Jun 2007

Working Paper Series

Vivek Wadhwa, Ben A. Rissing, AnnaLee Saxenian and G. Gereffi

Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Behavioral Policy Science (BPS), University of California, Berkeley - School of Information and Duke University - Department of Sociology - Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness

Downloads 2,751

30.

Human Resource Management Practices in Bangladeshi Organizations: A Case Study on Bangladesh Centre for Communication Program

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Mar 2010

Working Paper Series

Khan Atiqur Rahman

Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM)

Downloads 2,551

31.

Old Age and the Decline in Financial Literacy

Forthcoming in Management Science

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2015

Working Paper Series

Michael S. Finke, John S. Howe and Sandra J. Huston

The American College, University of Missouri at Columbia - Department of Finance and Texas Tech University

Downloads 2,503

32.

Measuring Education Inequality: Gini Coefficients of Education

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2525

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Jan 2001

Working Paper Series

Vinod Thomas, Yan Wang and Xibo Fan

World Bank - Brazil, Peking University and The World Bank

Downloads 2,462

33.

From Physical to Human Capital Accumulation: Inequality in the Process of Development

Brown University Working Paper No. 99-27

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Nov 2000

Working Paper Series

Oded Galor and Omer Moav

Brown University - Department of Economics and University of Warwick - Department of Economics

Downloads 2,413

34.

Catching Up Is Hard to Do: Undergraduate Prestige, Elite Graduate Programs, and the Earnings Premium

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 14-23, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 16-17

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2016

Working Paper Series

Joni Hersch

Vanderbilt University - Law School

Downloads 2,401

35.

High Performance Workplace Practices and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Europe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1265

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Aug 2004

Working Paper Series

Thomas K. Bauer

Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)

Downloads 2,390

36.

Employment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and its Implications on the Academic Performance of Their Children

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Apr 2009

Working Paper Series

Nemesia Karen E. Arlan, Yasmina G. Wingo and Joeti Shrestha

affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Lyceum of the Philippines University - Graduate Studies

Downloads 2,370

37.

Financial Literacy Around the World: An Overview of the Evidence with Practical Suggestions for the Way Forward

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6107

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

Working Paper Series

Lisa Xu and Bilal Zia

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

Downloads 2,358

38.

Managerial Capital and the Market for CEOs

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 May 2007

Working Paper Series

Kevin J. Murphy and Jan Zabojnik

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Queen's University - Department of Economics

Downloads 2,351

39.

Does a Better Education Make For Better Managers? An Empirical Examination of CEO Educational Quality and Firm Performance

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Jul 2004

Working Paper Series

Aron A. Gottesman and Matthew R. Morey

Pace University - Lubin School of Business - Department of Finance and Economics and Pace University - Lubin School of Business - Department of Finance and Economics

Downloads 2,348

40.

Risk-Based Student Loans

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 70, No. 1, p. 527, 2013

Number of pages: 122 Posted: 08 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 05 May 2013

Accepted Paper Series

Michael Simkovic

USC Gould School of Law

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,324

41.

Implications of Globalization on Education

Romanian Journal for Multidimensional Education, Romania, Vol-4, No-2, Aug 2012 Pg;69-82 ISSN 2066-7329

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 02 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Srikant Misra

Integral University

Downloads 2,201

42.

Are Recent College Graduates Finding Good Jobs?

Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2014

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 13 Jan 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Jaison R. Abel, Richard Deitz and Yaqin Su

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Research Group and Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Downloads 2,185

43.

The Path to Being an Economics Professor: What Difference Does the Graduate School Make?

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 25 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2014

Working Paper Series

Zhengye Chen

Cornerstone Research

Downloads 2,159

44.

Folk Economics

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 19 Sep 2002

Working Paper Series

Paul H. Rubin

Emory University - Department of Economics

Downloads 2,115

45.

Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Liberia

Number of pages: 119 Posted: 18 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2016

Working Paper Series

Christopher Blattman, Julian C. Jamison and Margaret Sheridan

University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, World Bank Global Insights Initiative and Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,110

46.

It Takes a Village: A Test of the Creative Class, Social Capital and Human Capital Theories

Urban Affairs Review, January 2009

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Dec 2008

Accepted Paper Series

Michele Hoyman and Christopher Faricy

University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of Political Science and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of Political Science

Downloads 2,060

47.

Brain Drain and LDCs' Growth: Winners and Losers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 819

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Aug 2003

Working Paper Series

Michel A. R. Beine, Frédéric Docquier and Hillel Rapoport

University of Luxemburg, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics

Downloads 2,046

48.

CEO and CFO Career Penalties to Missing Quarterly Analysts Forecasts

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2012

Working Paper Series

Richard Mergenthaler Jr., Shivaram Rajgopal and Suraj Srinivasan

University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business, Columbia Business School and Harvard Business School

Downloads 2,006

49.

Do the Benefits of College Still Outweigh the Costs?

Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2014

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Aug 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz

Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Research Group

Downloads 1,983

50.

Gender Discrimination and Growth: Theory and Evidence from India

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS42

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 30 Apr 2008

Working Paper Series

Berta Esteve-Volart

York University - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,934

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