Capitol investments [electronic resource] : the marketability of political skills / Glenn R. Parker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Economics, cognition, and societyPublication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 199 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 650.14024/32873 22
LOC classification:
  • JK1021 .P364 2008eb
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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.
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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.

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