Journal of Human Resources

1966 - 2025

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Volume 52, issue 4, 2017

The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Noncognitive Abilities pp. 887-918

Erik Grönqvist, Björn Öckert and Jonas Vlachos

The Cost of Convenience?: Transaction Costs, Bargaining Power, and Savings Account Use in Kenya pp. 919-945

Simone Schaner

It’s Just a Game: The Super Bowl and Low Birth Weight pp. 946-978

Brian Duncan, Hani Mansour and Daniel I. Rees

The Impact of Teacher–Student Gender Matches: Random Assignment Evidence from South Korea pp. 979-997

Jaegeum Lim and Jonathan Meer

The Impact of Judicial Elections in the Sentencing of Black Crime pp. 998-1031

Kyung H. Park

The Effect of Social Benefits on Youth Employment: Combining Regression Discontinuity and a Behavioral Model pp. 1032-1059

Olivier Bargain and Karina Doorley

The Impact of Immigration on the Educational Attainment of Natives pp. 1060-1118

Jennifer Hunt

Water Works: The Economic Impact of Water Infrastructure pp. 1119-1153

Robyn C. Meeks

Volume 52, issue 3, 2017

Stand Your Ground Laws, Homicides, and Injuries pp. 621-653

Chandler McClellan and Erdal Tekin

Retirement Plan Type and Employee Mobility: The Role of Selection pp. 654-679

Gopi Goda, Damon Jones and Colleen Flaherty Manchester

How Subjective Beliefs about HIV Infection Affect Life-Cycle Fertility: Evidence from Rural Malawi pp. 680-718

Gil Shapira

Wage Discrimination When Identity Is Subjective: Evidence from Changes in Employer-Reported Race pp. 719-755

Christopher Cornwell, Jason Rivera and Ian Schmutte

Flourish or Fail?: The Risky Reward of Elite High School Admission in Mexico City pp. 756-799

Andrew Dustan, Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet

Biases in Standard Measures of Intergenerational Income Dependence pp. 800-825

Martin Nybom and Jan Stuhler

The Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation Services for People with Mental Illness pp. 826-858

David Dean, John Pepper, Robert Schmidt and Steven Stern

The Impact of Removing Selective Migration Restrictions on Education: Evidence from China pp. 859-885

Yao Pan

Volume 52, issue 2, 2017

Do In-Work Tax Credits Serve as a Safety Net? pp. 319-350

Marianne Bitler, Hilary Hoynes and Elira Kuka

Home Sweet Home?: Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants pp. 351-373

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain and Klaus Zimmermann

The Effect of Income on Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from the 2008 Economic Stimulus Tax Rebates pp. 374-417

Marta Lachowska

How Income Changes During Unemployment: Evidence from Tax Return Data pp. 418-456

Laura Kawano and Sara LaLumia

The Gendered Labor Market Impacts of Trade Liberalization: Evidence from Brazil pp. 457-490

Isis Gaddis and Janneke Pieters

Job-Search Requirements for Unemployed at the End of Working Life: Effects on Unemployment Dynamics and Self-Employment Probabilities pp. 491-530

Jim Been and Marike Knoef

Bequests and Informal Long-Term Care: Evidence from HRS Exit Interviews pp. 531-572

Max Groneck

The Next Needed Thing: The Impact of the Jeanes Fund on Black Schooling in the South, 1900–1930 pp. 573-620

Daniel Kreisman

Volume 52, issue 1, 2017

Identifying Sibling Influence on Teenage Substance Use pp. 1-47

Joseph Altonji, Sarah Cattan and Iain Ware

General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Lifecycle pp. 48-87

Eric Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt, Ludger Woessmann and Lei Zhang

Does Price Framing Affect the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice? pp. 88-127

Hendrik Schmitz and Nicolas Ziebarth

Unhealthy Retirement? pp. 128-151

Fabrizio Mazzonna and Franco Peracchi

Was That SMART?: Institutional Financial Incentives and Field of Study pp. 152-186

Jeffrey Denning and Patrick Turley

Pre-Market Skills, Occupational Choice, and Career Progression pp. 187-246

Jamin Speer

Lifting the Burden: Formal Care of the Elderly and Labor Supply of Adult Children pp. 247-271

Katrine V. Løken, Shelly Lundberg and Julie Riise

Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China pp. 272-311

Alan de Brauw and John Giles

Volume 51, issue 4, 2016

The 9/11 Dust Cloud and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Reconsideration pp. 805-805-831

Janet Currie and Hannes Schwandt

Parental Responses to Public Investments in Children: Evidence from a Maximum Class Size Rule pp. 832-868

Peter Fredriksson, Björn Öckert and Hessel Oosterbeek

Father Presence and the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment pp. 869-899

Ariel Kalil, Magne Mogstad, Mari Rege and Mark E. Votruba

Bargaining with Grandma: The Impact of the South African Pension on Household Decision-Making pp. 900-932

Kate Ambler

Saying, “I Don’tâ€: The Effect of the Affordable Care Act Young Adult Provision on Marriage pp. 933-960

Joelle Abramowitz

Why Have Divorce Rates Fallen?: The Role of Women’s Age at Marriage pp. 961-1002

Dana Rotz

Aging and Strategic Learning: The Impact of Spousal Incentives on Financial Literacy pp. 1036-1067

Joanne Hsu

The Journal of Human Resources Referees Volume LI pp. 1068-1071

The Editors

Military Service and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Colonial Punjab pp. 10031035

Oliver Vanden Eynde

Volume 51, issue 3, 2016

Maternal Stress and Child Outcomes: Evidence from Siblings pp. 523-555

Anna Aizer, Laura Stroud and Stephen Buka

Saving Teens: Using a Policy Discontinuity to Estimate the Effects of Medicaid Eligibility pp. 556-588

Laura Wherry and Bruce D. Meyer

The Effect of Safety-Net Programs on Food Insecurity pp. 589-614

Lucie Schmidt, Lara Shore-Sheppard and Tara Watson

Teachers’ Labor Market Responses to Performance Evaluation Reform: Experimental Evidence from Chicago Public Schools pp. 615-655

Lauren Sartain and Matthew P. Steinberg

High School Curriculum and Financial Outcomes: The Impact of Mandated Personal Finance and Mathematics Courses pp. 656-698

Shawn Cole, Anna Paulson and Gauri Shastry

On the Production of Skills and the Birth-Order Effect pp. 699-726

Ronni Pavan

The Effect of Child Health Insurance Access on Schooling: Evidence from Public Insurance Expansions pp. 727-759

Sarah Cohodes, Daniel S. Grossman, Samuel Kleiner and Michael Lovenheim

Adapting the Supply of Education to the Needs of Girls: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Rural India pp. 760-802

Marian Meller and Stephan Litschig

Volume 51, issue 2, 2016

Bridging Education Gender Gaps in Developing Countries: The Role of Female Teachers pp. 269-297

Karthik Muralidharan and Ketki Sheth

Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Sanitation on Childhood Cognitive Skills: Evidence from India’s Total Sanitation Campaign pp. 298-327

Dean Spears and Sneha Lamba

The Mechanisms of Alcohol Control pp. 328-356

Christopher S. Carpenter, Carlos Dobkin and Casey Warman

The Impact of Test Score Labels on Human-Capital Investment Decisions pp. 357-388

John P. Papay, Richard Murnane and John B. Willett

Freshman Year Financial Aid Nudges: An Experiment to Increase FAFSA Renewal and College Persistence pp. 389-415

Benjamin L. Castleman and Lindsay C. Page

Heterogeneous Economic Returns to Post-Secondary Degrees: Evidence from Chile pp. 416-460

Jorge Rodríguez, Sergio Urzúa and Loreto Reyes

Incentivizing Schooling for Learning: Evidence on the Impact of Alternative Targeting Approaches pp. 461-499

Felipe Barrera-Osorio and Deon Filmer

Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment Dynamics pp. 500-522

Jonathan Meer and Jeremy West

Volume 51, issue 1, 2016

Booms, Busts, and Fertility: Testing the Becker Model Using Gender-Specific Labor Demand pp. 1-29

Jessamyn Schaller

Prenatal Testosterone and the Earnings of Men and Women pp. 30-61

Anne Gielen, Jessica Holmes and Caitlin Myers

How Do Unemployment Insurance Benefits Affect the Decision to Apply for Social Security Disability Insurance? pp. 62-94

Stephan Lindner

Peer Effects in Disadvantaged Primary Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment pp. 95-132

Heather Antecol, Ozkan Eren and Serkan Ozbeklik

Generosity and Prosocial Behavior in Healthcare Provision: Evidence from the Laboratory and Field pp. 133-162

J. Michelle Brock, Andreas Lange and Kenneth Leonard

Employment Trends by Age in the United States: Why Are Older Workers Different? pp. 163-199

Sudipto Banerjee and David Blau

Quantile Treatment Effects of College Quality on Earnings pp. 200-238

Rodney J. Andrews, Jing Li and Michael Lovenheim

Heterogeneous Income Profiles and Lifecycle Bias in Intergenerational Mobility Estimation pp. 239-268

Martin Nybom and Jan Stuhler