Interrupted Work Careers: Depreciation and Restoration of Human Capital.
Interrupted Work Careers: Depreciation and Restoration of Human Capital.
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职业生涯中断：人力资本的折旧与恢复。
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发表时间：
1982
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通讯作者：
H. Ofek
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作者：
J. Mincer;H. Ofek
在最近的文献中，“人力资本折旧”现象的数量效应甚至存在一直是一个有争议的主题。然而，先前的工作主要是横断面的，纵向维度，如果有的话，是回顾性的。使用纵向面板数据（关于国家失业救济金计划中的已婚妇女），我们现在已经确定，再就业时的实际工资确实低于劳动力退出时的工资，而且中断时间越长，工资下降的幅度越大。另一个惊人的发现是，重返工作岗位后，工资增长相对较快。这种快速增长似乎反映了以前被侵蚀的人力资本的恢复（或“修复”）。这种“贬值”和“恢复”的现象在移民到美国的数据中也很明显。然而，虽然移民最终会赶上并经常超过本地人，但从非市场国家回国的人并没有完全恢复他们的收入潜力。
The quantitative effects and even the existence of a "human capital depreciation" phenomenon have been a subject of controversy in the recent literature. Prior work, however, was largely cross-sectional and the longitudinal dimension, if any, was retrospective. Using longitudinal panel data (on married women in NLS) we have now established that real wages at reentry are, indeed, lower than at the point of labor force withdrawal, and the decline in wages is greater, the longer the interruption. Another striking finding is a relatively rapid growth in wages after the return to work. This rapid growth appears to reflect the restoration (or "repair") of previously eroded human capital. The phenomenon of "depreciation" and "restoration" is also visible in data for immigrants to the United States. However, while immigrants eventually catch up with and often surpass natives, returnees from the non-market do not fully restore their earnings potential.