Capitol investments [electronic resource] : the marketability of political skills / Glenn R. Parker.
2008
JK1021 .P364 2008eb
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Title
Capitol investments [electronic resource] : the marketability of political skills / Glenn R. Parker.
Author
Parker, Glenn R., 1946-
ISBN
9780472070374 (cloth : alk. paper)
0472070371 (cloth : alk. paper)
0472070371 (cloth : alk. paper)
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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JK1021 .P364 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
650.14024/32873
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.
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Economics, cognition, and society.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Politicians, institutions, and human capital; or, Becker goes to Washington
Methodology : data and variables
Congress as workplace : the production of marketable human capital
Returns to specialized training : career mobility and grooming lobbyists
Returns to general training : competitive wages
but at a price
Summary of findings and implications.
Politicians, institutions, and human capital; or, Becker goes to Washington
Methodology : data and variables
Congress as workplace : the production of marketable human capital
Returns to specialized training : career mobility and grooming lobbyists
Returns to general training : competitive wages
but at a price
Summary of findings and implications.