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1 This PDF is a selection from an out-of-print volume from the national bureau of economic ResearchVolume Title: Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, Second EditionVolume Author/Editor: Gary S. BeckerVolume Publisher: NBERV olume ISBN: 0-226-04109-3 volume URL: Date: 1975 Chapter Title: Front matter, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to EducationChapter Author: Gary S. BeckerChapter URL: pages in book: (p. -22 - 0)HUMAN CAPITALA Theoretical and Empirical Analysis,with Special Reference to EducationNational bureau of economic ResearchHuman Behavior and Social Institutions1.

2 Essays in the Economics of Health and Medical Care,Victor R. Fuchs, Editor2. Schooling, Experience, and Earnings, by Jacob Mincer3. Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment,Gary S. Becker and William M. Landes, Editors4. Income Inequality: Regional Analyses within a Human CapitalFramework, by Barry R. Chiswick5. Human Capital, 2nd Edition, by Gary S. Becker(For 1st Edition, see General Series No. 80)Human CapitalA THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS,WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EDUCATIONSECOND EDITIONBYGARY S. BECKERU niversity of ChicagoPUBLISHED BYNATIONAL bureau OF economic RESEARCHNEW YORKD istributed byColumbia University PressNew York and London1975 Copyright 1975 by the national bureau of economic research , Rights ReservedLibrary of Congress card no.

3 64 7748 (1st edition)74-83469 (2nd edition)ISBN: 0 87014 513 4 Printed in the United States of America2051090 Becker, Gary Capital:a theoretical and empiri-cal analysis, with special reference to educ-ation /byGary S. Becker. : national bureau of economic research :distributed by Columbia University Press, national bureau OF economic RESEARCHOFFICERS-SArthur F. Burns, Honorary ChairmanWalter W. Heller, ChairmanJ. Wilson Newman, Vice ChairmanJohnR. Meyer, PresidentThomas D. Flynn. TreasurerDouglas H. Eldridge, Vice President-Executive SecretaryVictor R. Fuchs, Vice President- research ;Co-director NBER-WestEdwin Kuh, Director, Computer ResearchCenterHal B.

4 Lary, Vice President-ResearchRobert E. Lipsey, Vice President-ResearchSherman J. Maisel, Co-director H. Moore, Vice President-ResearchEdward K. Smith, Vice PresidentDIRECTORS AT LARGEA therton Bean, International MultifoodsCorporationJoseph A. Beirne, CommunicationsWorkers of AmericaArthur F. Burns, Board of Governors ofthe Federal Reserve SystemWallace J. Campbell, Foundation forCooperarive HousingErwin D. Canham, Christian ScienceMonitorEmilio G. Collado, Exxon CorporationSolomon Fabricant, New York UniversityEugene P. Foley, Montrose Securities, L. Grove, International BusinessMachines CorporationWalter W.

5 Heller, University of MinnesotaVivian W. Henderson, Clark CollegeJohn R. Meyer, Harvard UniversityJ. Irwin Miller, Cummins Engine Company, H. Moore, national bureau ofEconomic ResearchJ. Wilson Newman, DunBradstreet, States TrustCompany of New YorkAlice M. Rivlin, Brookings InstitutionRobert V. Roosa, Brown Brothers Shishkin, Washington, M. Soloway, Jamaicaway Tower,Boslon, MassachusettsLazare Teper, International Ladies' GarmentWorkers' UnionDonald B. Woodward, Riverside, ConnecticutTheodore 0. Yntema, Oakland UniversityDIRECTORS BY UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTM oses Abramovitz, StanfordGardner Ackley, MichiganCharles H.

6 Berry, PrincetonFrancis M. Boddy, MinnesotaOtto Eckstein, HarvardWalter D. Fisher, NorthwesternR. A. Gordon, CaliforniaRobert J. Lampman, WisconsinMaurice W. Lee, North CarolinaAlmarin Phillips. PennsylvaniaLloyd G. Reynolds, YaleRobert M. Solow, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnologyHenri Theil, ChicagoWilliam S. Vickrey, ColumbiaThomas A. Wilson, TorontoDIRECTORS BY APPOINTMENT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONSE ugene A. Birnbaum, American ManagementAssociationThomas D. Flynn, American Institute ofCertified Public AccountantsNathaniel Goidlinger, American Federation-ofLabor and Congress of IndustrialOrganizationsHarold G. Haicrow, American AgriculturalEconomics AssociationWalter E.

7 Hoadley, American FinanceAssociationPhilip M. Klutznick, Committee forEconomic DevelopmentRoy E. Moor, national Association ofBusiness EconomistsDouglass C. North, economic HistoryAssociationWillard L. Thorp, American EconomicAssociationW. Allen Wallis, American StatisticalAssociationRobert M. Will, Canadian EconomicsAssociationDIRECTORS EMERITIP ercival F. BrundageFrank W. FetterGottfried HaberlerAlbert J. Hettinger, B. RobertsMurray ShieldsJoseph H. WillicsSENIOR research STAFFGary S. BeckerCharlotte BoschanPhillip CaganStanley DillerSolomon FabricantMilton FriedmanGary FrommVictor R. FuchsJ. Royce GionRaymond W.

8 GoldsmithMichael GortMichael GrossmanF. Thomas JusterJohn F. RainJohn W. KendrickIrving B. KravisEdwin KuhWilliam M. LandesHal B. LaryRobert E. LipseySherman J. MaiselBenoit B. MandelbrotJohn R. MeyerRobert T. MichaelJacob MincerIlse MintzGeoffrey H. MooreM. Ishaq NadiriNancy RugglesRichard RugglesAnna J. SchwartzRobert P. ShayEdward K. SmithGeorge J. StiglerVictor ZarnowitzRelation of the Directorsto the Work and Publicationsof theNational bureau of economic Research1. The object of the national bureau of economic research is to ascertain and to present tothe publicimportant economicfacts and their interpretation in a scientific and impartial man-ner.

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