Investigates influences on occupational earnings by estimating a standard human capital equation across 175 occupational classifications, using mean 1969 male earnings as the dependent variable. The author finds it significant that the highest paid occupations included manager and self-employed groups while low paying ones included service and…

Discusses symposium papers focused on the socioeconomic determinants of infant mortality, the relationship between fertility and child development, the effects of maternal employment on child welfare, the consequences of urban migration for children, and indigenous education in the developing world.(Author/RH)