Journal of Labor Economics

1983 - 2026

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Volume 42, issue S1, 2024

Introduction to a Special Issue in Honor of David Card pp. S1 - S9

Janet Currie and Thomas Lemieux

Industry Wage Differentials: A Firm-Based Approach pp. S11 - S59

David Card, Jesse Rothstein and Moises Yi

Household Mobility, Networks, and Gentrification of Minority Neighborhoods in the United States pp. S61 - S94

Fernando Ferreira, Jeanna Kenney and Benjamin Smith

Teacher Salaries and Racial Inequality in Educational Attainment in the Midcentury South pp. S95 - S131

Elizabeth Cascio and Ethan Lewis

Skill, Productivity, and Wages: Direct Evidence from a Temporary Help Agency pp. S133 - S181

Xinwei Dong, Dean Hyslop and Daiji Kawaguchi

Caregiving and Labor Supply: New Evidence from Administrative Data pp. S183 - S218

Nicole Maestas, Matt Messel and Yulya Truskinovsky

Geographic Variation in Cesarean Sections in the United States: Trends, Correlates, and Other Interesting Facts pp. S219 - S259

Sarah Robinson, Heather Royer and David Silver

The Value of Student Debt Relief and the Role of Administrative Barriers: Evidence from the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program pp. S261 - S292

Brian A. Jacob, Damon Jones and Benjamin Keys

The Employment and Distributional Impacts of Nationwide Minimum Wage Changes pp. S293 - S333

Giulia Giupponi, Robert Joyce, Attila Lindner, Tom Waters, Thomas Wernham and Xiaowei Xu

Comparing the Effects of Policies for the Labor Market Integration of Refugees pp. S335 - S377

Mette Foged, Linea Hasager and Giovanni Peri

Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Generosity and Labor Supply from 2002 to 2020: Evidence from California UI Records pp. S379 - S416

Alex Bell, T. J. Hedin, Geoffrey Schnorr and Till von Wachter

The Expanding Landscape of Online Education: Who Engages and How They Fare pp. S417 - S443

Lisa Barrow, Wesley T. Morris and Lauren Sartain

Volume 42, issue 4, 2024

The Efficacy of Tournaments for Nonroutine Team Tasks pp. 921 - 948

Florian Englmaier, Stefan Grimm, Dominik Grothe, David Schindler and Simeon Schudy

Measuring Labor Market Power in Developing Countries: Evidence from Colombian Plants pp. 949 - 977

Francesco Amodio and Nicolás de Roux

The Geography of Job Tasks pp. 979 - 1008

Enghin Atalay, Sebastian Sotelo and Daniel Tannenbaum

Do Less Informative College Admission Exams Reduce Earnings Inequality? Evidence from Colombia pp. 1009 - 1047

Evan Riehl

Altruism or Money? Reducing Teacher Sorting Using Behavioral Strategies in Peru pp. 1049 - 1091

Nicolás Ajzenman, Eleonora Bertoni, Gregory Elacqua, Luana Marotta and Carolina Méndez Vargas

The Impact of Selection into the Labor Force on the Gender Wage Gap pp. 1093 - 1133

Francine D. Blau, Lawrence Kahn, Nikolai Boboshko and Matthew Comey

Is Parental Leave Costly for Firms and Coworkers? pp. 1135 - 1174

Anne Ardila Brenøe, Serena Canaan, Nikolaj Harmon and Heather Royer

Unemployed Job Search across People and over Time: Evidence from Applied-For Jobs pp. 1175 - 1217

Jonas Fluchtmann, Anita M. Glenny, Nikolaj Harmon and Jonas Maibom

Volume 42, issue 3, 2024

The Effect of Job Search Requirements on Family Welfare Receipt pp. 635 - 657

Marc Chan, Nicolas Hérault, Ha Vu and Roger Wilkins

Grades and Employer Learning pp. 659 - 682

Anne Toft Hansen, Ulrik Hvidman and Hans Henrik Sievertsen

The Decline in Rent Sharing pp. 683 - 716

Brian Bell, Paweł Bukowski and Stephen Machin

Who Benefits from Attending Effective High Schools? pp. 717 - 751

C. Kirabo Jackson, Sebastián Kiguel, Shanette C. Porter and John Q. Easton

School Performance, Score Inflation, and Neighborhood Development pp. 753 - 792

Erich Battistin and Lorenzo Neri

The Speed of Earnings Responses to Taxation and the Role of Firm Labor Demand pp. 793 - 835

Matthew Gudgeon and Simon Trenkle

Industry Mix, Local Labor Markets, and the Incidence of Trade Shocks pp. 837 - 875

Moises Yi, Steffen Mueller and Jens Stegmaier

Cohort Size and the Marriage Market: Explaining Nearly a Century of Changes in US Marriage Rates pp. 877 - 920

Mary Ann Bronson and Maurizio Mazzocco

Volume 42, issue 2, 2024

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic Recession on Less Educated Women’s Human Capital: Some Projections pp. 289 - 323

Mark Drozd, Robert A. Moffitt and Xinyu Zhao

What Firms Do: Gender Inequality in Linked Employer-Employee Data pp. 325 - 355

Alessandra Casarico and Salvatore Lattanzio

The Long-Run Spillover Effects of Pollution: How Exposure to Lead Affects Everyone in the Classroom pp. 357 - 394

Ludovica Gazze, Claudia Persico and Sandra Spirovska

Pricing the Biological Clock: The Marriage Market Costs of Aging to Women pp. 395 - 426

Corinne Low

Welfare versus Work under a Negative Income Tax: Evidence from the Gary, Seattle, Denver, and Manitoba Income Maintenance Experiments pp. 427 - 467

Chris Riddell and W. Craig Riddell

Entrepreneurial Spillovers from Corporate R&D pp. 469 - 509

Tania Babina and Sabrina T. Howell

Labor Supply within the Firm pp. 511 - 548

Michele Battisti, Ryan Michaels and Choonsung Park

Career Consequences of Firm Heterogeneity for Young Workers: First Job and Firm Size pp. 549 - 589

Jaime Arellano-Bover

Robots and Employment: Evidence from Japan, 1978–2017 pp. 591 - 634

Daisuke Adachi, Daiji Kawaguchi and Yukiko Saito

Volume 42, issue 1, 2024

The Black-White Recognition Gap in Award Nominations pp. 1 - 23

Nayoung Rim, Roman Rivera, Andrea Kiss and Bocar Ba

Economic Outcomes of Strikers in an Era of Weak Unions pp. 25 - 51

Maxim Massenkoff and Nathan Wilmers

What Do Course Offerings Imply about University Preferences? pp. 53 - 83

James Thomas

Firm Productivity, Wages, and Sorting pp. 85 - 119

Benjamin Lochner and Bastian Schulz

The Effect of Labor Market Shocks across the Life Cycle pp. 121 - 160

Kjell G Salvanes, Barton Willage and Alexander Willén

The Local Labor Market Effect of Relaxing Internal Migration Restrictions: Evidence from China pp. 161 - 200

Lei An, Yu Qin, Jing Wu and Wei You

Occupation Growth, Skill Prices, and Wage Inequality pp. 201 - 243

Michael J. Böhm, Hans-Martin von Gaudecker and Felix Schran

The Effect of Changes in the Skill Premium on College Degree Attainment and the Choice of Major pp. 245 - 288

Ran Abramitzky, Victor Lavy and Maayan Segev

Volume 41, issue S1, 2023

Overview: Wage Dynamics in the Twenty-First Century pp. S1 - S12

Erik Hurst and Lisa B. Kahn

The Quality-Adjusted Cyclical Price of Labor pp. S13 - S59

Mark Bils, Marianna Kudlyak and Paulo Lins

Increasing Earnings Inequality: Reconciling Evidence from Survey and Administrative Data pp. S61 - S93

John Haltiwanger, Henry Hyatt and James R. Spletzer

The Slow Diffusion of Earnings Inequality pp. S95 - S127

Isaac Sorkin and Melanie Wallskog

Long Social Distancing pp. S129 - S172

Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom and Steven Davis

Outsourcing, Occupationally Homogeneous Employers, and Wage Inequality in the United States pp. S173 - S203

Elizabeth Handwerker

Firm Market Power, Worker Mobility, and Wages in the US Labor Market pp. S205 - S256

Sadhika Bagga

Monopsony Power in Higher Education: A Tale of Two Tracks pp. S257 - S290

Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson

The Effect of Minimum Wage Policies on the Wage and Occupational Structure of Establishments pp. S291 - S324

Eliza Forsythe

Volume 41, issue 4, 2023

Unobserved Endowments and Gender Differences in Marriage Matching pp. 859 - 886

Wenchao Li, Xuyan Lou, Junjian Yi and Junsen Zhang

Searching with Friends pp. 887 - 922

Stefano Caria, Simon Franklin and Marc Witte

Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work pp. 923 - 956

Olivier Marie and Judit Vall Castello

The Labor Market Effects of Immigration Enforcement pp. 957 - 996

Chloe East, Annie L. Hines, Philip Luck, Hani Mansour and Andrea Velasquez

When Crime Comes to the Neighborhood: Short-Term Shocks to Student Cognition and Secondary Consequences pp. 997 - 1039

Eunsik Chang and María Padilla-Romo

What’s the Inside Scoop? Challenges in the Supply and Demand for Information on Employers pp. 1041 - 1079

Jason Sockin and Aaron Sojourner

Access to Head Start and Maternal Labor Supply: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence pp. 1081 - 1127

Jocelyn Wikle and Riley Wilson

Effects of Child Tax Benefits on Poverty and Labor Supply: Evidence from the Canada Child Benefit and Universal Child Care Benefit pp. 1129 - 1182

Michael Baker, Derek Messacar and Mark Stabile

Volume 41, issue 3, 2023

The Consequences of Letter Grades for Labor Market Outcomes and Student Behavior pp. 565 - 588

Brandon Tan

Interactions with Powerful Female Colleagues Promote Diversity in Hiring pp. 589 - 614

Marco Battaglini, Jorgen Harris and Eleonora Patacchini

The Health and Welfare Effects of Increases in Workers’ Compensation Benefits pp. 615 - 642

Lu Jinks

The Effect of School and Neighborhood Peers on Achievement, Misbehavior, and Adult Crime pp. 643 - 685

Stephen B. Billings and Mark Hoekstra

Testing Means-Tested Aid pp. 687 - 727

Richard Murphy and Gill Wyness

The Direct and Spillover Effects of a Nationwide Socioemotional Learning Program for Disruptive Students pp. 729 - 769

Clément de Chaisemartin and Nicolás Navarrete H.

Understanding the Effect of Parental Education and Financial Resources on the Intergenerational Transmission of Income pp. 771 - 811

Aiday Sikhova

Wage Inequality in Germany after the Minimum Wage Introduction pp. 813 - 857

Mario Bossler and Thorsten Schank

Volume 41, issue 2, 2023

How Much Should We Trust Estimates of Firm Effects and Worker Sorting? pp. 291 - 322

Stéphane Bonhomme, Kerstin Holzheu, Thibaut Lamadon, Elena Manresa, Magne Mogstad and Bradley Setzler

Network Connections and Board Seats: Are Female Networks Less Valuable? pp. 323 - 360

Emma von Essen and Nina Smith

Labor Market Discrimination against Family Responsibilities: A Correspondence Study with Policy Change in China pp. 361 - 387

Haoran He, Sherry Xin Li and Yuling Han

Mothers Working during Preschool Years and Child Skills: Does Income Compensate? pp. 389 - 429

Cheti Nicoletti, Kjell G Salvanes and Emma Tominey

When the Stadium Goes Silent: How Crowds Affect the Performance of Discriminated Groups pp. 431 - 451

Mauro Caselli, Paolo Falco and Gianpiero Mattera

Workplace Incentives and Organizational Learning pp. 453 - 478

Francesco Amodio and Miguel Martinez-Carrasco

Optimal Allocation of Seats in the Presence of Peer Effects: Evidence from a Job Training Program pp. 479 - 509

Matthew D. Baird, John Engberg and Isaac Opper

Foreign Students in College and the Supply of STEM Graduates pp. 511 - 563

Massimo Anelli, Kevin Shih and Kevin Williams

Volume 41, issue 1, 2023

School Finance Equalization Increases Intergenerational Mobility pp. 1 - 38

Barbara Biasi

Understanding the Effects of Workfare Policies on Child Human Capital pp. 39 - 75

Jorge Rodriguez

A Different Land of Opportunity: The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the Early Twentieth-Century United States pp. 77 - 102

Hui Ren Tan

The Minimum Wage, Self-Employment, and the Online Gig Economy pp. 103 - 127

Benjamin Glasner

Education Transmission and Network Formation pp. 129 - 173

Vincent Boucher, Carlo L. Del Bello, Fabrizio Panebianco, Thierry Verdier and Yves Zenou

Explaining Recent Trends in US School Segregation pp. 175 - 203

Gregorio Caetano and Vikram Maheshri

Borrowing Constraints and the Dynamics of Return and Repeat Migration pp. 205 - 243

Joseph-Simon Görlach

Putting the Husband Through: The Role of Credit Constraints in the Timing of Marriage and Spousal Education pp. 245 - 289

Murat Iyigun and Jeanne Lafortune