Capitol investments [electronic resource] : the marketability of political skills / Glenn R. Parker.
By: Parker, Glenn R.
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Material type: BookSeries: Economics, cognition, and society: Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008Description: xiv, 199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Legislators -- United States | Politicians -- United States | Lobbyists -- United States | Occupational training -- United States | Career development -- United States | Human capital -- Political aspects -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 650.14024/32873 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewIncludes 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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