Journal of Labor Economics

1983 - 2025

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Volume 27, issue 4, 2009

Using Alsace-Moselle Local Laws to Build a Difference-in-Differences Estimation Strategy of the Employment Effects of the 35-Hour Workweek Regulation in France pp. 487-524

Matthieu Chemin and Etienne Wasmer

The Effect of Teachers' Unions on Education Production: Evidence from Union Election Certifications in Three Midwestern States pp. 525-587

Michael Lovenheim

Manager Race and the Race of New Hires pp. 589-631

Laura Giuliano, David Levine and Jonathan Leonard

Why Does Spousal Education Matter for Earnings? Assortative Mating and Cross-Productivity pp. 633-652

Chong Huang, Hongbin Li, Pak Wai Liu and Junsen Zhang

Are Training Programs More Effective When Unemployment Is High? pp. 653-692

Michael Lechner and Conny Wunsch

Volume 27, issue 3, 2009

Peer Effects in European Primary Schools: Evidence from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study pp. 315-348

Andreas Ammermueller and Jorn-Steffen Pischke

New Evidence about Brown v. Board of Education: The Complex Effects of School Racial Composition on Achievement pp. 349-383

Eric A. Hanushek, John Kain and Steven Rivkin

Accounting for Racial Differences in Marriage and Employment pp. 385-437

Shannon Seitz

Does Your Cohort Matter? Measuring Peer Effects in College Achievement pp. 439-464

Scott Carrell, Richard L. Fullerton and James West

Job Security Legislation and Job Duration: Evidence from the United Kingdom pp. 465-486

Ioana Marinescu

Volume 27, issue 2, 2009

When to Start a Fight and When to Fight Back: Liability Disputes in the Workers' Compensation System pp. 149-178

David Card and Brian McCall

Globalization and the Provision of Incentives inside the Firm: The Effect of Foreign Competition pp. 179-212

Vicente Cuñat and Maria Guadalupe

Student Demographics, Teacher Sorting, and Teacher Quality: Evidence from the End of School Desegregation pp. 213-256

C. Kirabo Jackson

Dismissals for Cause: The Difference That Just Eight Paragraphs Can Make pp. 257-279

Pedro Martins

Ethnic Enclaves and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental Evidence pp. 281-314

Anna Damm

Volume 27, issue 1, 2009

Work and Leisure: A History of Ideas pp. 1-20

Yoram Weiss

Earnings Functions When Wages and Prices Vary by Location pp. 21-47

Dan Black, Natalia Kolesnikova and Lowell Taylor

Performance Pay and Managerial Experience in Multitask Teams: Evidence from within a Firm pp. 49-82

Rachel Griffith and Andrew Neely

Firm-Size Wage Gaps, Job Responsibility, and Hierarchical Matching pp. 83-126

Jeremy Fox

Renouncing Personal Names: An Empirical Examination of Surname Change and Earnings pp. 127-147

Mahmood Arai and Peter Skogman Thoursie

Volume 26, issue 4, 2008

Why Have the Labor Force Participation Rates of Older Men Increased since the Mid-1990s? pp. 549-594

Tammy Schirle

When Is It Foolish to Reward for A While Benefiting from B? pp. 595-619

Wendelin Schnedler

Unequal Pay or Unequal Employment? A Cross-Country Analysis of Gender Gaps pp. 621-654

Claudia Olivetti and Barbara Petrongolo

How Does Job-Protected Maternity Leave Affect Mothers' Employment? pp. 655-691

Michael Baker and Kevin Milligan

Transparency, Inequity Aversion, and the Dynamics of Peer Pressure in Teams: Theory and Evidence pp. 693-720

Alwine Mohnen, Kathrin Pokorny and Dirk Sliwka

Volume 26, issue 3, 2008

Human Capital Specificity: Evidence from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and Displaced Worker Surveys, 1984-2000 pp. 387-420

Maxim Poletaev and Chris Robinson

Job Changes and Hours Changes: Understanding the Path of Labor Supply Adjustment pp. 421-453

Richard Blundell, Mike Brewer and Marco Francesconi

The Intergenerational Effects of Worker Displacement pp. 455-483

Philip Oreopoulos, Marianne Page and Ann Huff Stevens

A Rent Extraction View of Employee Discounts and Benefits pp. 485-518

Anthony Marino and Ján Zábojník

Child-Care Policy and the Labor Supply of Mothers with Young Children: A Natural Experiment from Canada pp. 519-548

Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan

Volume 26, issue 2, 2008

Cues for Timing and Coordination: Latitude, Letterman, and Longitude pp. 223-246

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Caitlin Myers and Mark Pocock

Skill Dispersion and Firm Productivity: An Analysis with Employer-Employee Matched Data pp. 247-285

Susana Iranzo, Fabiano Schivardi and Elisa Tosetti

Promotions, Demotions, Halo Effects, and the Earnings Dynamics of American Executives pp. 287-310

Christian Belzil and Michael Bognanno

The Expanding Workweek? Understanding Trends in Long Work Hours among U.S. Men, 1979-2006 pp. 311-343

Peter Kuhn and Fernando Lozano

Profiling the New Immigrant Worker: The Effects of Skin Color and Height pp. 345-386

Joni Hersch

Volume 26, issue 1, 2008

Vive la Révolution! Long-Term Educational Returns of 1968 to the Angry Students pp. 1-33

Eric Maurin and Sandra McNally

Retirement and Consumption in a Life Cycle Model pp. 35-71

David Blau

Here Comes the Rain Again: Weather and the Intertemporal Substitution of Leisure pp. 73-100

Marie Connolly

Can Principals Identify Effective Teachers? Evidence on Subjective Performance Evaluation in Education pp. 101-136

Brian A. Jacob and Lars Lefgren

Job Search, Hours Restrictions, and Desired Hours of Work pp. 137-179

Hans Bloemen

Do Wages Compensate for Anticipated Working Time Restrictions? Evidence from Seasonal Employment in Austria pp. 181-221

Emilia Del Bono and Andrea Weber

Volume 25, issue 4, 2007

Opportunity Counts: Teams and the Effectiveness of Production Incentives pp. 613-650

Brent Boning, Casey Ichniowski and Kathryn Shaw

Testing for Asymmetric Employer Learning pp. 651-691

Uta Schönberg

Does Pay Inequality Affect Worker Effort? Experimental Evidence pp. 693-723

Gary Charness and Peter Kuhn

Retracting a Gift: How Does Employee Effort Respond to Wage Reductions? pp. 725-761

Darin Lee and Nicholas Rupp

Marriage, Specialization, and the Gender Division of Labor pp. 763-793

Matthew Baker and Joyce Jacobsen

On the Price of Recreation Goods as a Determinant of Male Labor Supply pp. 795-824

Jorge González-Chapela

Volume 25, issue 3, 2007

Changes in the Labor Supply Behavior of Married Women: 1980–2000 pp. 393-438

Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn

Product Market Competition, Returns to Skill, and Wage Inequality pp. 439-474

Maria Guadalupe

Why Are Power Couples Increasingly Concentrated in Large Metropolitan Areas? pp. 475-512

Janice Compton and Robert Pollak

Measurement Error and Misclassification: A Comparison of Survey and Administrative Data pp. 513-551

Arie Kapteyn and Jelmer Y. Ypma

Child Labor and Globalization pp. 553-579

Elias Dinopoulos and Laixun Zhao

Organizational Form and the Market for Talent pp. 581-611

BÃ¥rd Harstad

Volume 25, issue 2, 2007

When Knowledge Is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms pp. 201-229

James Rebitzer and Lowell Taylor

Biology as Destiny? Short- and Long-Run Determinants of Intergenerational Transmission of Birth Weight pp. 231-264

Janet Currie and Enrico Moretti

Identifying the Potential of Work-Sharing as a Job-Creation Strategy pp. 265-287

Mikal Skuterud

Why Are Black-Owned Businesses Less Successful than White-Owned Businesses? The Role of Families, Inheritances, and Business Human Capital pp. 289-323

Robert Fairlie and Alicia M. Robb

Is Team Formation Gender Neutral? Evidence from Coauthorship Patterns pp. 325-365

Anne Boschini and Anna Sjögren

Optimal Immigration and Cultural Assimilation pp. 367-391

István Kónya

Volume 25, issue 1, 2007

The Speed of Employer Learning pp. 1-35

Fabian Lange

Divorce, Remarriage, and Child Support pp. 37-74

Pierre Chiappori and Yoram Weiss

The Impact of Divorce Laws on Marriage-Specific Capital pp. 75-94

Betsey Stevenson

Teachers and Student Achievement in the Chicago Public High Schools pp. 95-135

Daniel Aaronson, Lisa Barrow and William Sander

Employment Dynamics and the Structure of Labor Adjustment Costs pp. 137-165

Jose Varejao and Pedro Portugal

Product Market Evidence on the Employment Effects of the Minimum Wage pp. 167-200

Daniel Aaronson and Eric French