TY - BOOK AU - Parker,Glenn R. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Capitol investments: the marketability of political skills T2 - Economics, cognition, and society AV - JK1021 .P364 2008eb U1 - 650.14024/32873 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Ann Arbor PB - University of Michigan Press KW - Legislators KW - United States KW - Politicians KW - Lobbyists KW - Occupational training KW - Career development KW - Human capital KW - Political aspects KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10405226 ER -