Journal of Labor Economics

1983 - 2026

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Volume 44, issue 1, 2026

Work Boots to Combat Boots: Mass Layoffs and Military Enlistment pp. 1 - 23

Francis Murphy and Sarah Turner

Party On: The Labor Market Returns to Social Networks in Adolescence pp. 25 - 52

Adriana Lleras-Muney, Matthew Miller, Shuyang Sheng and Veronica Sovero

The Long-Run Effects of Consequential School Accountability pp. 53 - 81

Jonathan Mansfield and David Slichter

Trade Competition and the Decline in Union Organizing: Evidence from Certification Elections pp. 83 - 117

Kerwin Kofi Charles, Matthew S. Johnson and Nagisa Tadjfar

The Impact of a Prototypical Home Visiting Program on Child Skills pp. 119 - 148

Jin Zhou, James Heckman, Bei Liu and Mai Lu

Differences in On-the-Job Learning across Firms pp. 149 - 188

Jaime Arellano-Bover and Fernando Saltiel

The Multigenerational Impact of Children and Childcare Policies pp. 189 - 227

Sencer Karademir, Jean-William Laliberté and Stefan Staubli

University Loans and Grants: Effects on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes pp. 229 - 270

Alex Solís

Spatial Diffusion of Local Economic Shocks in Social Networks: Evidence from the US Fracking Boom pp. 271 - 308

Andreas Diemer

From Unemployment to Self-Employment: An Evaluation of Self-Employment Assistance Programs pp. 309 - 349

Alexandre Gaillard and Sumudu Kankanamge

Volume 43, issue S1, 2025

Introduction to a Special Issue in Honor of Robert A. Moffitt pp. S1 - S6

Michael Keane and James Ziliak

Earnings, Marriage, and the Variance of Family Income by Age, Gender, and Cohort pp. S7 - S54

Joseph G. Altonji, Daniel Giraldo-Páez, Disa Hynsjo and Ivan Vidangos

Interpreting Cohort Profiles of Life Cycle Earnings Volatility pp. S55 - S82

Richard Blundell, Christopher R. Bollinger, Charles Hokayem and James Ziliak

Workers’ Perceptions of Earnings Growth and Employment Risk pp. S83 - S121

Gizem Kosar and Wilbert van der Klaauw

Family Income Dynamics 1970–2018: Putting the Pieces Together pp. S123 - S151

Ji-Liang Shiu, Sisi Zhang and Peter Gottschalk

The Association between the Volatility of Income and Life Expectancy in the United States pp. S153 - S178

Anna L. Ziff, Emily Wiemers and V. Joseph Hotz

Robust Inference for the Frisch Labor Supply Elasticity pp. S179 - S219

Michael Keane and Timothy Neal

Distributional Effects of Local Minimum Wages: A Spatial Job Search Approach pp. S221 - S267

Weilong Zhang and Petra E. Todd

The Impact of the Level and Timing of Parental Resources on Child Development and Intergenerational Mobility pp. S269 - S301

Sadegh Eshaghnia, James Heckman and Rasmus Landersø

A Generalized Model of Misclassification Errors and Labor Force Dynamics pp. S303 - S332

Shuaizhang Feng, Yingyao Hu and Jiandong Sun

Inference with Imputed Data: The Allure of Making Stuff Up pp. S333 - S350

Charles F. Manski

Family Law Effects on Divorce, Fertility, and Child Investment pp. S351 - S397

Meta Brown, Christopher Flinn and Joseph Mullins

Changing Families: Family Relationships, Parental Decisions, and Child Development pp. S399 - S444

Marc Chan and Kai Liu

Volume 43, issue 4, 2025

Multirater Performance Evaluations and Incentives pp. 985 - 1004

Axel Ockenfels, Dirk Sliwka and Peter Werner

Heterogeneous Impacts of Sentencing Decisions pp. 1005 - 1034

Andrew Jordan, Ezra Karger and Derek Neal

Impact of an Early-Career Shock on Intergenerational Mobility pp. 1035 - 1062

Martti Kaila, Emily Nix and Krista Riukula

Two Sides of the Same Pill? Fertility Control and Mental Health Effects of the Contraceptive Pill pp. 1063 - 1099

Franziska Valder

Opening the Door: Immigrant Legalization and Family Reunification in the United States pp. 1101 - 1133

Elizabeth Cascio and Ethan Lewis

Technological Change and Domestic Outsourcing pp. 1135 - 1168

Antonin Bergeaud, Clément Malgouyres, Clément Mazet-Sonilhac and Sara Signorelli

The Contribution of Immigration to Local Labor Market Adjustment pp. 1169 - 1206

Michael Amior

Interaction of the Labor Market and the Health Insurance System: Employer-Sponsored, Individual, and Public Insurance pp. 1207 - 1249

Naoki Aizawa and Chao Fu

Geographic Mobility of Youth and Spatial Gaps in Local College and Labor Market Opportunities pp. 1251 - 1294

Shoya Ishimaru

Volume 43, issue 3, 2025

Learning the Right Skill: Vocational Curricula and Returns to Skills pp. 665 - 694

Femke Cnossen, Matloob Piracha and Guy Tchuente

Firm Heterogeneity in Skill Returns pp. 695 - 723

Michael J. Böhm, Khalil Esmkhani and Giovanni Gallipoli

Recidivism and Neighborhood Institutions: Evidence from the Rise of the Evangelical Church in Chile pp. 725 - 762

Andres Barrios-Fernández and Jorge García-Hombrados

Understanding the Effects of Granting Work Permits to Undocumented Immigrants pp. 763 - 802

Ferran Elias, Joan Monras and Javier Vázquez-Grenno

Health of Parents, Their Children’s Labor Supply, and the Role of Migrant Care Workers pp. 803 - 841

Wolfgang Frimmel, Martin Halla, Jörg Paetzold and Julia Schmieder

Immigrating into a Recession: Evidence from Family Migrants to the United States pp. 843 - 883

Toman Barsbai, Andreas Steinmayr and Christoph Winter

The Search for Good Jobs: Evidence from a Six-Year Field Experiment in Uganda pp. 885 - 935

Oriana Bandiera, Vittorio Bassi, Robin Burgess, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman and Anna Vitali

Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity pp. 937 - 983

Morris M. Kleiner and Ming Xu

Volume 43, issue 2, 2025

Permanent Residency and Refugee Immigrants’ Skill Investment pp. 293 - 318

Jacob Arendt, Christian Dustmann and Hyejin Ku

Effect of Business Uncertainty on Turnover pp. 319 - 348

Omar Bamieh, Decio Coviello, Andrea Ichino and Nicola Persico

Long-Term Consequences of Teaching Gender Roles: Evidence from Desegregating Industrial Arts and Home Economics in Japan pp. 349 - 389

Hiromi Hara and Núria Rodríguez-Planas

The Direct and Spillover Effects of Large-Scale Affirmative Action at an Elite Brazilian University pp. 391 - 431

Cecilia Machado, Germán Reyes and Evan Riehl

The Effect of Classroom Rank on Learning throughout Elementary School: Experimental Evidence from Ecuador pp. 433 - 466

Pedro Carneiro, Yyannu Cruz-Aguayo, Francesca Salvati and Norbert Schady

Dynamic Effort Choice in High School: Costs and Benefits of an Academic Track pp. 467 - 502

Olivier De Groote

Computers as Stepping Stones? Technological Change and Equality of Labor Market Opportunities pp. 503 - 543

Melanie Arntz, Cäcilia Lipowski, Guido Neidhöfer and Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage

Matching across Markets: An Economic Analysis of Cross-Border Marriage pp. 545 - 584

So Yoon Ahn

In-Kind Housing Transfers and Labor Supply: A Structural Approach pp. 585 - 633

Ning Zhang

How Credible Is the Credibility Revolution? pp. 635 - 663

Kevin Lang

Volume 43, issue 1, 2025

Effects of Confidential Access to Oral Contraception in Late Adolescence on Work and Earnings pp. 1 - 13

Randy Cragun

Physicians Treating Physicians: Relational and Informational Advantages in Treatment and Survival pp. 15 - 46

Stacey H. Chen, Jennjou Chen, Hongwei Chuang and Tzu-Hsin Lin

Does Job Search Assistance Reduce Unemployment? Evidence on Displacement Effects and Mechanisms pp. 47 - 81

Maria Cheung, Johan Egebark, Anders Forslund, Lisa Laun, Magnus Rödin and Johan Vikström

Marginalized and Overlooked? Minoritized Groups and the Adoption of New Scientific Ideas pp. 83 - 119

Wei Cheng and Bruce Weinberg

Promotions, Adverse Selection, and Efficiency pp. 121 - 159

Michael Waldman and Zhenda Yin

Social Transfers and Spatial Distortions pp. 161 - 201

Mark Colas and Robert McDonough

The Impact of the Retirement Slowdown on the US Youth Labor Market pp. 203 - 246

Paul Mohnen

The Intergenerational Effects of the Vietnam Draft on Risky Behaviors pp. 247 - 292

Monica Deza and Alvaro Mezza