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Title: Essays on Inequality and Human Capital
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1. Kwon, Dohyoung
Essays on Inequality and Human Capital
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Iowa, 2015.
Also: https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1670/
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: University of Iowa
Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Earnings; Educational Returns; Human Capital

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This dissertation contributes to the current understanding of human capital and its importance for earnings inequality and taxation. Human capital is typically defined as the stock of knowledge or skills acquired through education and working experience. The first chapter analyzes student borrowing behaviors in postsecondary education in the United States, the second chapter studies cross-country differences in earnings inequality within an endogenous growth model of human capital accumulation, and the third chapter examines the impact of endogenous human capital formations over a life-cycle on optimal fiscal policy.
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Kwon, Dohyoung. Essays on Inequality and Human Capital. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Iowa, 2015..