Jacob Mincer

• First in a series of books published in conjunction with the IZA Institute for the Study of Labor
• Presents and analyzes the work of Jacob Mincer- the founding father of modern labor economics
• Includes a discussion of Mincer's significant contributions to the concepts of human capital, labor force supply, and job mobility

Readership: Academics, students, and labor economists interested in labor economics, the history of economic thought, and Jacob Mincer's contributions.

Pedro N. Teixeira, Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Porto

1: Introduction: A Brief Portrait of Jacob Mincer
2: The Changing Role of Education in Economic Analysis
3: Placing Human Capital at the Center of Income Distribution
4: Appraising the Impact of the Human Capital Research Program
5: Human Capital and the Long-term View of the Labor Market
6: Human Capital and Labor Market Dynamics
7: The Influence of Jacob Mincer on Modern Labor Economics
8: The Human Capital Labor Economist