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2015

Who owns the robots rules the world pp. 5

Richard Freeman

Perverse effects of two-tier wage bargaining structures pp. 101

Tito Boeri

Does vocational training help young people find a (good) job? pp. 112

Werner Eichhorst

Trade liberalization and gender inequality pp. 114

Janneke Pieters

Market competition and executive pay pp. 115

Priscila Ferreira

The promises and pitfalls of universal early education pp. 116

Elizabeth Cascio

Fertility postponement and labor market outcomes pp. 117

Massimiliano Bratti

Retiree migration and intergenerational conflict pp. 118

Mehmet Tosun

Are married immigrant women secondary workers? pp. 119

Ana Ferrer

Ethnic minority self-employment pp. 120

Ken Clark

Is training effective for older workers? pp. 121

Matteo Picchio

Slavery, racial inequality, and education pp. 122

Graziella Bertocchi

Who benefits from return migration to developing countries? pp. 123

Jackline Wahba

Setting policy on asylum: Has the EU got it right? pp. 124

Timothy Hatton

Naturalization and citizenship: Who benefits? pp. 125

Christina Gathmann

Sports, exercise, and labor market outcomes pp. 126

Michael Lechner

The shadow economy in industrial countries pp. 127

Dominik Enste

Is unconditional basic income a viable alternative to other social welfare measures? pp. 128

Ugo Colombino

Youth sports and the accumulation of human capital pp. 129

Michael Leeds

Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society? pp. 130

John Winters

Impact of bilingual education on student achievement pp. 131

Aimee Chin

Measuring the cost of children pp. 132

Olivier Donni

The determinants of housework time pp. 133

Leslie Stratton

Childcare choices and child development pp. 134

Daniela Del Boca

The welfare impact of rising food prices pp. 135

Ralitza Dimova

Employment and wage effects of extending collective bargaining agreements pp. 136

Ernesto Villanueva

Do works councils raise or lower firm productivity? pp. 137

Olaf Hübler

Are workers motivated by the greater good? pp. 138

Mirco Tonin

Immigrant labor and work-family decisions of native-born women pp. 139

Delia Furtado

Relative deprivation and individual well-being pp. 140

Xi Chen

Income of immigrants and their return pp. 141

Govert Bijwaard

Pension reform and couples' joint retirement decisions pp. 142

Laura Hospido

The quantity–quality fertility–education trade-off pp. 143

Haoming Liu

Migration and families left behind pp. 144

Sylvie Démurger

Who benefits from firm-sponsored training? pp. 145

Benoit Dostie

Migrants and educational achievement gaps pp. 146

Horst Entorf

Do joint custody laws improve family well-being? pp. 147

Martin Halla

Counting on count data models pp. 148

Rainer Winkelmann

Happiness as a guide to labor market policy pp. 149

Jo Ritzen

Wage compression and the gender pay gap pp. 150

Lawrence Kahn

Do minimum wages induce immigration? pp. 151

Corrado Giulietti

Performance-related pay and labor productivity pp. 152

Claudio Lucifora

The minimum wage versus the earned income tax credit for reducing poverty pp. 153

Richard Burkhauser

Innovation and employment pp. 154

Marco Vivarelli

Latent entrepreneurship in transition economies pp. 155

Hilal Atasoy

Does it pay to be a public-sector employee? pp. 156

Fabien Postel-Vinay

Policies to support women’s paid work pp. 157

Gianna Claudia Giannelli

How effective are financial incentives for teachers? pp. 158

Scott Imberman

Can immigrants ever earn as much as native workers? pp. 159

Kathryn Anderson

Intermarriage and the economic success of immigrants pp. 160

Olga Nottmeyer

Does it pay to be beautiful? pp. 161

Eva Sierminska

The importance of informal learning at work pp. 162

Andries de Grip

Can hiring subsidies benefit the unemployed? pp. 163

Alessio Brown

Language and culture as drivers of migration pp. 164

Alicia Adsera

The boom in university graduates and the risk of underemployment pp. 165

Gustavo Yamada

The impacts of shortening secondary school duration pp. 166

Stephan Thomsen

Entrepreneurship for the poor in developing countries pp. 167

Yoonyoung Cho

Alcoholism and mortality in Eastern Europe pp. 168

Evgeny Yakovlev

Pensions, informality, and the emerging middle class pp. 169

Angel Melguizo

Offshoring and the migration of jobs pp. 170

Gianmarco Ottaviano

High involvement management and employee well-being pp. 171

Petri Böckerman

Are social security programs progressive? pp. 172

Alvaro Forteza

A flexicurity labor market during recession pp. 173

Torben M. Andersen

Should severance pay be consistent for all workers? pp. 174

J. Ignacio García Pérez

The decline in job-to-job flows pp. 175

Henry Hyatt

Intergenerational income persistence pp. 176

Joanne Blanden

What drives the language proficiency of immigrants? pp. 177

Ingo Isphording

Goal setting and worker motivation pp. 178

Sebastian Goerg

Institutional long-term care and government regulation pp. 179

Elena Stancanelli

New firms entry, labor reallocation, and institutions in transition economies pp. 180

Randolph Bruno

The educational effects of school start times pp. 181

Teny Shapiro

University dropouts and labor market success pp. 182

Sylke Schnepf

Collective bargaining in developing countries pp. 183

Carlos Lamarche

Should the earned income tax credit rise for childless adults? pp. 184

Harry Holzer

Active labor market policies and crime pp. 185

Torben Tranaes

Matching as a regression estimator pp. 186

Dan Black

Environmental regulations and business decisions pp. 187

Wayne Gray

Sexual harassment in the workplace pp. 188

Joni Hersch

The effects of wage subsidies for older workers pp. 189

Bernhard Boockmann

Class size: Does it matter for student achievement? pp. 190

Christopher Jepsen

The use of natural experiments in migration research pp. 191

Semih Tumen

Does corruption promote emigration? pp. 192

Friedrich Schneider

Trade, foreign investment, and wage inequality in developing countries pp. 193

Alessandro Cigno

Immigrants in the classroom and effects on native children pp. 194

Peter Jensen

Migrant well-being after leaving transition economies pp. 195

Milena Nikolova

Evaluating the efficiency of public services pp. 196

Geraint Johnes

Occupational choice of return migrants pp. 197

Matloob Piracha

Beauty pays but does investment in beauty? pp. 198

Soohyung Lee

Should unemployment insurance cover partial unemployment? pp. 199

Susanne Ek

Unions and investment in intangible capital pp. 201

Giovanni Sulis

Should countries auction immigrant visas? pp. 202

Madeline Zavodny

Smart policy toward high-skill emigrants pp. 203

Michael Clemens

Does return migration influence fertility at home? pp. 204

Simone Bertoli

The value of language skills pp. 205

Gilles Grenier

Google search activity data and breaking trends pp. 206

Nikos Askitas

Impact of remittances on fertility pp. 207

George Naufal

Does emigration increase the wages of non-emigrants in sending countries? pp. 208

Benjamin Elsner

Cross-border migration and travel: A virtuous relationship pp. 209

Jacques Poot

Consequences of the obesity epidemic for immigrants pp. 210

Laura Argys

How are minimum wages set? pp. 211

Richard Dickens

Health effects of job insecurity pp. 212

Francis Green

Measuring disincentives to formal work pp. 213

Michael Weber

The challenges of linking survey and administrative data pp. 214

Steffen Künn

What makes a good job? Job quality and job satisfaction pp. 215

Andrew Clark

Employment effects of longer working hours pp. 216

Thorsten Schank

Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation pp. 218

N. Meltem Daysal

Knowledge spillovers and future jobs pp. 218

David Audretsch

The role of preschool in reducing inequality pp. 219

Jane Waldfogel

Do minimum wages stimulate productivity and growth? pp. 221

Joseph J. Sabia

Skill mismatch and overeducation in transition economies pp. 224

Olga Kupets