Journal of Labor Economics

1983 - 2025

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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 R. 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 Weber 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 Joel 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 M. 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

Volume 40, issue S1, 2022

Introduction to a Special Issue in Honor of Alan B. Krueger pp. S1 - S15

David Card and Alexandre Mas

Rent Sharing within Firms pp. S17 - S38

David Cho and Alan Krueger

The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Age of Upward Mobility pp. S39 - S95

David Card, Ciprian Domnisoru and Lowell Taylor

Machine Labor pp. S97 - S140

Joshua Angrist and Brigham Frandsen

Does Money Still Matter? Attainment and Earnings Effects of Post-1990 School Finance Reforms pp. S141 - S178

Jesse Rothstein and Diane Schanzenbach

Minimum Wages, Wages, and Price Pass-Through: The Case of McDonald’s Restaurants pp. S179 - S201

Orley Ashenfelter and Stepan Jurajda

Seeing beyond the Trees: Using Machine Learning to Estimate the Impact of Minimum Wages on Labor Market Outcomes pp. S203 - S247

Doruk Cengiz, Arindrajit Dube, Attila Lindner and David Zentler-Munro

Why Do Sectoral Employment Programs Work? Lessons from WorkAdvance pp. S249 - S291

Lawrence Katz, Jonathan Roth, Richard Hendra and Kelsey Schaberg

Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Evidence from Online Vacancies pp. S293 - S340

Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, Jonathon Hazell and Pascual Restrepo

Nonlinear Class Size Effects on Cognitive and Noncognitive Development of Young Children pp. S341 - S382

Marie Connolly and Catherine Haeck

Elite Schools and Opting In: Effects of College Selectivity on Career and Family Outcomes pp. S383 - S427

Suqin Ge, Elliott Isaac and Amalia Miller

Childcare over the Business Cycle pp. S429 - S468

Jessica H. Brown and Chris M. Herbst

Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? A Test Using Dual Jobholders pp. S469 - S493

Marta Lachowska, Alexandre Mas, Raffaele Saggio and Stephen Woodbury

Volume 40, issue 4, 2022

Name Your Friends, but Only Five? The Importance of Censoring in Peer Effects Estimates Using Social Network Data pp. 779 - 805

Alan Griffith

Matching in the Dark? Inequalities in Student to Degree Match pp. 807 - 850

Stuart Campbell, Lindsey Macmillan, Richard Murphy and Gill Wyness

Specialization, Comparative Advantage, and the Sexual Division of Labor pp. 851 - 887

Peter Siminski and Rhiannon Yetsenga

Empowerment, Task Commitment, and Performance Pay pp. 889 - 938

Michael Beckmann and Matthias Kräkel

Scaring or Scarring? Labor Market Effects of Criminal Victimization pp. 939 - 970

Anna Bindler and Nadine Ketel

What Causes the Child Penalty? Evidence from Adopting and Same-Sex Couples pp. 971 - 1004

Martin Andresen and Emily Nix

Reconciling Occupational Mobility in the Current Population Survey pp. 1005 - 1051

Christian vom Lehn, Cache Ellsworth and Zachary Kroff

World War II and Black Economic Progress pp. 1053 - 1091

Andreas Ferrara

Volume 40, issue 3, 2022

A Pay Change and Its Long-Term Consequences pp. 543 - 572

Miriam Krueger and Guido Friebel

The Earned Income Tax Credit and Maternal Time Use: More Time Working and Less Time with Kids? pp. 573 - 611

Jacob Bastian and Lance Lochner

Does Ageist Language in Job Ads Predict Age Discrimination in Hiring? pp. 613 - 667

Ian Burn, Patrick Button, Luis Munguia Corella and David Neumark

Less Competition, More Meritocracy? pp. 669 - 701

Dawei Fang and Thomas Noe

Did Timing Matter? Life Cycle Differences in Effects of Exposure to the Great Recession pp. 703 - 735

Kevin Rinz

The Relative Effectiveness of Teachers and Learning Software: Evidence from a Field Experiment in El Salvador pp. 737 - 777

Konstantin Büchel, Martina Jakob, Christoph Kühnhanss, Daniel Steffen and Aymo Brunetti

Volume 40, issue 2, 2022

Why Do Women Earn Less than Men? Evidence from Bus and Train Operators pp. 283 - 323

Valentin Bolotnyy and Natalia Emanuel

Does Minimum Wage Increase Labor Productivity? Evidence from Piece Rate Workers pp. 325 - 359

Hyejin Ku

The Effect of Grade Retention on Adult Crime: Evidence from a Test-Based Promotion Policy pp. 361 - 395

Ozkan Eren, Michael Lovenheim and H. Naci Mocan

Nevertheless She Persisted? Gender Peer Effects in Doctoral STEM Programs pp. 397 - 436

Valerie Bostwick and Bruce Weinberg

World War II, the Baby Boom, and Employment: County-Level Evidence pp. 437 - 471

Abel Brodeur and Lamis Kattan

Constraints on Hours within the Firm pp. 473 - 503

Claudio Labanca and Dario Pozzoli

The Impact of Ford Motor Company’s Voluntary Equal Wage Policy on Detroit’s Wage Gap in the 1940s pp. 505 - 541

Jonathan A. Lanning and Curtis Reynolds

Volume 40, issue 1, 2022

Firm Decisions and Variation across Universities in Access to High-Wage Jobs: Evidence from Employer Recruiting pp. 1 - 46

Russell Weinstein

Demand Conditions and Worker Safety: Evidence from Price Shocks in Mining pp. 47 - 94

Kerwin Kofi Charles, Matthew S. Johnson, Melvin Stephens and Do Lee

Motivating Employees through Career Paths pp. 95 - 131

Heski Bar-Isaac and Raphaël Levy

Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard pp. 133 - 156

Peter Arcidiacono, Josh Kinsler and Tyler Ransom

Affirmative Action and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment pp. 157 - 185

Christopher Cotton, Brent R. Hickman and Joseph P. Price

How Widespread Are Social Network Effects? Evidence from the Early Twentieth-Century United States pp. 187 - 237

Hui Ren Tan

Does Remedial Education in Late Childhood Pay Off After All? Long-Run Consequences for University Schooling, Labor Market Outcomes, and Intergenerational Mobility pp. 239 - 282

Victor Lavy, Assaf Kott and Genia Rachkovski