Journal of Labor Research

1986 - 2024

Continuation of Journal of Labor Research.

Current editor(s): Ozkan Eren

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Volume 38, issue 4, 2017

Performance Pay, the Gender Gap, and Specialization within Marriage pp. 387-427

John Heywood and Daniel Parent

A Note on Selection and Gender Unemployment Gaps pp. 428-438

Alena Bičáková

What did Unions do? The Case of Illinois Coal Mining in the 1880s pp. 439-474

William M. Boal

Cohort Differences in Joint Retirement: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study pp. 475-495

Vipul Bhatt

Performance Measurement and Incentive Intensity pp. 496-546

Alberto Bayo-Moriones, Jose E. Galdon-Sanchez and Sara Martinez-de-Morentin

Volume 38, issue 3, 2017

The Distribution of Returns to Education for People with Disabilities pp. 261-282

Daniel Henderson, Andrew Houtenville and Le Wang

How Does Occupational Access for Older Workers Differ by Education? pp. 283-305

Matthew Rutledge, Steven A. Sass and Jorge D. Ramos-Mercado

Promotions and Earnings – Gender or Merit? Evidence from Longitudinal Personnel Data pp. 306-334

Juho Jokinen and Jaakko Pehkonen

Minimum Wages in a Segmented Labor Market: Evidence from South Africa pp. 335-359

Meghan J. Millea, Jon Rezek, Brian Shoup and Joshua Pitts

Women’s Tertiary Education Masks the Gender Wage Gap in Turkey pp. 360-386

Hasan Tekgüç, Değer Eryar and Dilek Cindoğlu

Volume 38, issue 2, 2017

Potential Assistance for Disadvantaged Workers: Employment Social Enterprises pp. 145-168

Nan L. Maxwell and Dana Rotz

Part-Time Work and Women’s Careers: a Decomposition of the Gender Promotion Gap pp. 169-186

Nick Deschacht

The Long-Run Effects of Job Displacement on Sources of Health Insurance Coverage pp. 187-205

Nicholas Jolly and Brian J. Phelan

Reservation Wages and the Unemployment of Older Workers pp. 206-227

Hila Axelrad, Israel Luski and Miki Malul

Gender Differences in Unemployment Dynamics and Initial Wages over the Business Cycle pp. 228-260

Amparo Nagore García

Volume 38, issue 1, 2017

Sexual Orientation, Unemployment and Participation: Are Gays Less Employable than Straights? pp. 1-44

Thierry Laurent and Ferhat Mihoubi

Does Anxiety Affect Adolescent Academic Performance? The Inverted-U Hypothesis Revisited pp. 45-81

Hsiu-Han Shih and Ming-Jen Lin

Religiosity and Labour Earnings in Canadian Provinces pp. 82-99

Maryam Dilmaghani

Life Satisfaction and Preferences over Economic Growth and Institutional Quality pp. 100-121

Duha Altindag and Junyue Xu

La Familia - How Trust Towards Family Decreases Female Labor Force Participation pp. 122-144

Adnan Haider and Asim Jahangir

Volume 37, issue 4, 2016

Is Starting a Business a Sustainable way out of Unemployment? Treatment Effects of the Swedish Start-up Subsidy pp. 389-411

Lars Behrenz, L. Delander and J. Månsson

The Effect of Private Sector Work Opportunities in Prison on Labor Market Outcomes of the Formerly Incarcerated pp. 412-440

Robynn Cox

Spillover Bias in Cross-Border Minimum Wage Studies: Evidence from a Gravity Model pp. 441-459

Daniel Kuehn

The 2011 Industrial Relations Reform and Nominal Wage Adjustments in Greece pp. 460-483

Joan Daouli, Michael Demoussis, Nicholas Giannakopoulos and Ioannis Laliotis

The Effect of Unemployment Insurance on Temporary Help Services Employment pp. 484-503

Adrienne T. Edisis

Volume 37, issue 3, 2016

The “Negative” Assimilation of Immigrants: a Counter-Example from the Canadian Labor Market pp. 263-286

Gilles Grenier and Yi Zhang

State and Non-state Earnings Differentials over Time in China’s Urban Labor Market: Evidence from the Urban Household Survey (1994–2007) pp. 287-316

Kritkorn Nawakitphaitoon, Xuan Chen and Yuhao Ge

Disconnected Geography: A Spatial Analysis of Disconnected Youth in the United States pp. 317-342

Jeremy Bray, Brooks Depro, Dorren McMahon, Marion Siegle and Lee Mobley

The Causal Effects of the Number of Children on Female Employment - Do European Institutional and Gender Conditions Matter? pp. 343-367

Anna Baranowska-Rataj and Anna Matysiak

Remittances as an Insurance Mechanism in the Labor Market pp. 368-387

Jaime Lara

Volume 37, issue 2, 2016

Does the Minimum Wage Bite into Fast-Food Prices? pp. 129-148

Emek Basker and Muhammad Taimur Khan

Individuals and Communities: the Importance of Neighbors Volunteering pp. 149-178

Florence Neymotin

Firm-Level Hiring Difficulties: Persistence, Business Cycle And Local Labour Market Influences pp. 179-210

Richard Fabling and David Maré

Can Benefits and Work Incentives Counseling be a Path to Future Economic Self-Sufficiency for Individuals with Disabilities? pp. 211-234

Zafar E. Nazarov

The Effects of Merit-Based Scholarships on Educational Outcomes pp. 235-261

Gregory Upton

Volume 37, issue 1, 2016

Decomposition of Changes in Korean Wage Inequality, 1998–2007 pp. 1-28

Pallab Kumar Ghosh and Jae Yoon Lee

Decomposition of Changes in Korean Wage Inequality, 1998–2007 pp. 1-28

Pallab Ghosh and Jae Lee

Adam Smith’s Economics and the Modern Minimum Wage Debate:The Large Distance Separating Kirkcaldy from Chicago pp. 29-52

Bruce Kaufman

Adam Smith’s Economics and the Modern Minimum Wage Debate:The Large Distance Separating Kirkcaldy from Chicago pp. 29-52

Bruce Kaufman

Does High School Employment Develop Marketable Skills? pp. 53-68

Russell Ormiston

Does High School Employment Develop Marketable Skills? pp. 53-68

Russell Ormiston

Experience Rating and Work-Related Health and Safety pp. 69-97

Pascale Lengagne

Mothers’ Involuntary Job Loss and Children’s Academic Achievement pp. 98-127

Elif Filiz

Mothers’ Involuntary Job Loss and Children’s Academic Achievement pp. 98-127

Elif Filiz

Volume 36, issue 4, 2015

Are State Workers Overpaid? Survey Evidence from Liquor Privatization in Washington State pp. 347-388

Andrew Chamberlain

Did the Introduction of Private Contractors Improve Turnover to Employment in the Swedish Labor Market? pp. 389-408

Krister Sund

Performance Feedback Does Not Eliminate the Sunk-Cost Fallacy: Evidence From Professional Football pp. 409-426

Quinn Keefer

Multinational versus National Firms on Labour Adjustment Costs: A Structural Approach pp. 427-441

Athanasios Lapatinas

The Bargaining Power of Health Care Unions and Union Wage Premiums for Registered Nurses pp. 442-461

Christopher Coombs, Robert Newman, Richard Cebula and Mary White

Dale Belman and Paul J. Wolfson: What Does the Minimum Wage Do? pp. 462-464

Mary White

Volume 36, issue 3, 2015

Estimating Hispanic-White Wage Gaps Among Women: The Importance of Controlling for Cost of Living pp. 249-273

Peter McHenry and Melissa McInerney

Unemployment and the Retirement Decisions of Older Workers pp. 274-290

Paul Marmora and Moritz Ritter

Are We Getting Better or Are They Getting Worse? Draft Position, Strength of Schedule, and Competitive Balance in the National Football League pp. 291-300

Tony Caporale and Trevor Collier

Declining Unions and the Coverage Wage Gap: Can German Unions Still Cut It? pp. 301-317

John Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Jens Stephani and Lutz Bellmann

Effects of Minimum Wages on Total Employment: Evidence from Cyprus pp. 318-345

Pandelis Mitsis

Volume 36, issue 2, 2015

Alcohol Consumption, Deterrence and Crime in New York City pp. 103-128

Hope Corman and Naci Mocan

The Impact of Worker’s Age on the Consequences of Occupational Accidents: Empirical Evidence Using Spanish Data pp. 129-174

Roberto Bande and Elva López-Mourelo

Human Capital Choice and the Wage Gap: The Role of Worklife Expectancy and Statistical Discrimination pp. 175-187

Srikanth Ramamurthy and Norman Sedgley

Reciprocity and Workers’ Tastes for Representation pp. 188-209

Uwe Jirjahn and Vanessa Lange

Job Satisfaction Among Spanish Tax Administration Employees: A Logistic Regression Analysis pp. 210-223

Elena Villar-Rubio, Juan Delgado-Alaminos and Pedro Barrilao-González

Impact of Health Status and Related Factors on Labor Market Positions of Urban Mature Chinese pp. 224-231

Lijian Qin and Zhen Wang

Statistical Discrimination and the Implication of Employer-Employee Racial Matches pp. 232-248

Yariv Fadlon

Volume 36, issue 1, 2015

To Three or Not to Three? pp. 1-8

Tony Caporale and Trevor Collier

Examining the U.S. Labor Market Performance of Immigrant Workers in the Presence of Network Effects pp. 9-26

Gihoon Hong

What Drives Self-Employment Survival for Women and Men? Evidence from Canada pp. 27-43

Kate Rybczynski

Temps “by choice”? An Investigation of the Reasons Behind Temporary Employment Among Young Workers in Europe pp. 44-66

Imanol Nunez and Ilias Livanos

Using Spatial Econometric Techniques to Analyze the Joint Employment Decisions of Spouses pp. 67-77

Charlene Kalenkoski and Donald Lacombe

Unionisation and Firm Performance in China’s Manufacturing Industries pp. 78-102

Sajid Anwar and Sizhong Sun