Journal of Labor Research

1986 - 2025

Current editor(s): Ozkan Eren

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The Labor Market Earnings of Veterans: Is Military Experience More or Less Valuable than Civilian Experience? pp. 303-333: Christos Makridis and Barry Hirsch
College Education, Earning Inequality, and Market Power pp. 334-357: Oz Shy
The Minimum Wage in a Roy Model with Monopsony pp. 358-381: Darius Martin
Give it Another Try: What are the Effects of a Job Creation Scheme Especially Designed for Hard-to-Place Workers? pp. 382-417: Tobias Brändle and Lukas Fervers
Work Environment and Worker Performance: A View from the Goal Crease pp. 418-448: W. David Allen
Industry Variations in Health Plans and Dynamic Employment Substitution pp. 449-467: Youjin Hahn, Myungkyu Shim and Hee-Seung Yang

The Effect of Subsidies to Mature-Age Employment: a Quasi-Experimental Analysis pp. 123-147: Paulino Font, Mario Izquierdo and Sergio Puente
Return Migration and Self-Employment: Evidence from Mexican Migrants pp. 148-183: Sandra Orozco-Aleman and Heriberto Gonzalez-Lozano
Taking PISA Seriously: How Accurate are Low-Stakes Exams? pp. 184-243: Pelin Akyol, Kala Krishna and Jinwen Wang
Is the Road to Unemployment Paved with Good Intentions? Labor Market Outcomes of Young Women pp. 244-302: Chia Jung Chang

Linguistic Distance, Languages of Work and Wages of Immigrants in Montreal pp. 1-28: Ibrahim Bousmah, Gilles Grenier and David Gray
Job Searching and the Weather: Evidence from Time-Use Data pp. 29-55: Jorge González Chapela
Gender Gaps in Time Use and Labor Market Outcomes: What’s Norms Got to Do with it? pp. 56-77: Nan L. Maxwell and Nathan Wozny
Measuring the Dynamics of the Achievement Gap Between Public and Private School Students During Early Life in India pp. 78-122: Ian K. McDonough, Punarjit Roychowdhury and Gaurav Dhamija

Occupational Licensing: Improving Access to Regulatory Information pp. 333-337: Morris M. Kleiner and Edward Timmons
Impact of Occupational Licensing on Wages and Wage Inequality: Canadian Evidence 1998–2018 pp. 338-351: Tingting Zhang and Morley Gunderson
The Labor Market Consequences of Regulating Similar Occupations: the Licensing of Occupational and Physical Therapists pp. 352-381: Jing Cai and Morris M. Kleiner
Reducing a Barrier to Entry: The 120/150 CPA Licensing Rule pp. 382-402: Brian Meehan and E. Frank Stephenson
Occupational Credentials and Job Qualities of Direct Care Workers: Implications for Labor Shortages pp. 403-420: Jeounghee Kim
Does Scope of Practice Affect Mobility of Nurse Practitioners Serving Medicare Beneficiaries? pp. 421-434: Shishir Shakya and Alicia Plemmons

How Long Do Early Career Decisions Follow Women? The Impact of Employer History on the Gender Wage Gap pp. 189-232: Holly Monti, Martha Stinson and Lori Zehr
Optimal EITC in the Presence of Cultural Barriers for Labor Market Participation pp. 233-259: Michel Strawczynski
For Love and Money? Earnings and Marriage Among Same-Sex Couples pp. 260-294: Michael Martell and Peyton Nash
The Effect of Immigration on Labor Market Transitions of Native-Born Unemployed in the United States pp. 295-331: Fernando Rios-Avila and Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza

On the Sensitivity of Wage Gap Decompositions pp. 1-33: Martin Huber and Anna Solovyeva
Work-Life Balance and Labor Force Attachment at Older Ages pp. 34-68: Marco Angrisani, Maria Casanova and Erik Meijer
Sexual Orientation and Job Satisfaction: Survey-Based Evidence from Sweden pp. 69-101: Lina Aldén, Mats Hammarstedt and Hanna Swahnberg
The Effect of Industry-Level Aggregate Demand on Earnings: Evidence from the US pp. 102-127: W. D. McCausland, Fraser Summerfield and Ioannis Theodossiou
Two Stories of Wage Dynamics in Latin America: Different Policies, Different Outcomes pp. 128-168: Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza and Luis C. Carvajal-Osorio
Does Empathy Pay? Evidence on Empathy and Salaries of Recent College Graduates pp. 169-188: Linda Kamas and Anne Preston

Monopsony Power in Occupational Labor Markets pp. 387-411: Fabio Mendez and Facundo Sepúlveda
The Effects of an Employment Bonus for Long-Term Social Assistance Recipients pp. 412-427: Jacob Arendt and Christophe Kolodziejczyk
The Impact of High School Curriculum on Confidence, Academic Success, and Mental and Physical Well-Being of University Students pp. 428-462: Han Yu and Naci Mocan
Does College Education Promote Entrepreneurship in China? pp. 463-486: Tianshu Chu and Qiang Wen
Effect of the Big Five Personality Traits on Entrepreneurial Probability: Influence of China’s Household Registration System pp. 487-503: Jisheng Yang and Di Ai

Pathways to Retirement, Well-Being, and Mandatory Retirement Rules: Evidence from Canadian Reforms pp. 249-275: Derek Messacar and Petr Kocourek
Wage Returns to English Proficiency in Poland pp. 276-295: Vera A. Adamchik, Thomas J. Hyclak, Piotr Sedlak and Larry W. Taylor
Transformations in China’s Internal Labor Migration and Hukou System pp. 296-331: Mark Colas and Suqin Ge
Liquidity Constraint Shock, Job Search and Post Match Quality—Evidence from Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China pp. 332-355: Yuanyuan Chen and Zichen Deng
Language Premium Myth or Fact: Evidence from Migrant Workers of Guangdong, China pp. 356-386: Xiahai Wei, Tony Fang, Yang Jiao and Jiahui Li

Planning for Retirement? The Importance of Time Preferences pp. 127-150: Robert L. Clark, Robert Hammond and Christelle Khalaf
Carrots, No Stick, No Driver: The Employment Impact of Job Search Assistance in a Regime with Minimal Monitoring and Sanctions pp. 151-180: Seamus McGuinness, Philip J. O’Connell and Elish Kelly
Task Followers and Labor Market Outcomes pp. 181-201: Liwen Chen, John Gordanier and Orgul Ozturk
The Effect of Active Labour Market Programmes and Benefit Sanctions on Reducing Unemployment Duration pp. 202-229: Nisar Ahmad, Michael Svarer and Amjad Naveed
Unintended Displacement Effects of Youth Training Programs in a Directed Search Model pp. 230-247: Marcos Gomez and Francisco Parro

Where Does the Minimum Wage Bite Hardest in California? pp. 1-23: William E. Even and David Macpherson
Differences in Self-Employment Duration by Year of Entry & Pre-Entry Wage-Sector Attachment pp. 24-57: Adela Luque and Maggie R. Jones
Incarceration and Earnings: Distributional and Long-Term Effects pp. 58-83: Christian Brown
The Gender Gap in Raise Magnitudes of Hourly and Salary Workers pp. 84-105: Benjamin Artz and Sarinda Taengnoi
Instrumental Variable Estimates of the Effect of Management Practices on Firm Performance in Korean Firms pp. 106-125: Jieun Chang and Youngho Kang