Interest Rates and Occupational Choice.

Martin, Donald L.

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ERIC Number: EJ125422

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1975

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Interest Rates and Occupational Choice

Martin, Donald L.

Journal of Human Resources, 10, 4, 537-43, F 75

The paper describes the labor supply effects of changes in the rate of interest on wage rates paid in generalized training occupations. The evidence appears to be consistent with the hypothesis that the rate of interest is a determinant of labor supply and is positively related to occupational wage rates. (Author)

Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Research, Interest, Interest (Finance), Labor Economics, Labor Supply, Mathematical Models, Persistence, Tables (Data), Trainees, Wages

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