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Are Dangerous Jobs Paid Better? European Evidence , pp 163-192

Nikolaos Georgantzís and Efi Vasileiou

Beans for Breakfast? How Exportable is the British Workfare Model? , pp 165-198

Olivier Bargain and Kristian Orsini

Social determinants of labor market status of ethnic minorities in Britain , pp 167-195

Martin Kahanec and Mariapia Mendola

The Role of Establishments and the Concentration of Occupations in Wage Inequality☆ , pp 167-193

Elizabeth Handwerker and James Spletzer

Chapter 5 Does Formal Work Pay? The Role of Labor Taxation and Social Benefit Design in the New EU Member States , pp 167-204

Johannes Koettl and Michael Weber

Lenient Policy Proposal for the Struggle Against Illegal Immigration , pp 167-175

Nava Kahana and Tikva Lecker

Using Domain-Specific Word Embeddings to Examine the Demand for Skills , pp 171-223

Sugat Chaturvedi, Kanika Mahajan and Zahra Siddique

Skilled or Educated? Educational Reforms, Human Capital, and Earnings☆ , pp 173-197

Lorenzo Cappellari, Paolo Castelnovo, Daniele Checchi and Marco Leonardi

Chapter 5 Workers’ Mobility and the Return to Education, Evidence from Public and Private Sectors , pp 175-208

Yuval Mazar

Skill Disparities and Unequal Family Outcomes☆An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2014 AEA Meetings in Philadelphia. I would like to thank Richard Startz, Gabriella Conti, and participants in the IZA Workshop on Gender Convergence and seminars at the University of Mannheim and University of Zurich for valuable comments on this project. I also appreciate the excellent assistance and comments I’ve received from Jenna Stearns. Financial support from the Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research at UCSB is gratefully acknowledged , pp 177-212

Shelly Lundberg

Downsizing Announcements, Job Security Perceptions, and Worksite Performance , pp 179-205

Guido Friebel, Matthias Heinz, Ingo Weller and Nick Zubanov

The linguistic and economic adjustment of soviet jewish immigrants in the united states, 1980–2000 , pp 179-216

Barry Chiswick and Michael Wenz

The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Earnings Inequality: Evidence from China , pp 179-212

Carl Lin and Myeong-Su Yun

Reversed Roles? Wage and Employment Effects of the Current Crisis , pp 181-206

Lutz Bellmann and Hans-Dieter Gerner

Incentive Problems in China’s New Rural Pension Program , pp 181-201

Xiaoyan Lei, Chuanchuan Zhang and Yaohui Zhao

Computer Gaming and the Gender Math Gap: Cross-Country Evidence among Teenagers☆ , pp 183-228

Yann Algan and Nicole M. Fortin

AIDS AND THE MARKET FOR NURSES , pp 185-214

David Kalist and Stephen Spurr

Immigrant and Native Asset Accumulation in Housing , pp 185-213

Sherrie A. Kossoudji

Marriage Versus Cohabitation: How Specialization and Time Use Differ by Relationship Type , pp 187-218

Leslie Stratton

The promotion dynamics of American executives , pp 189-231

Christian Belzil and Michael Bognanno

The Effects of Mandatory Activation on Welfare Entry and Exit Rates , pp 189-217

Anna Persson and Ulrika Vikman

Productivity and Wages: What Was the Productivity–Wage Link in the Digital Revolution of the Past, and What Might Occur in the AI Revolution of the Future? , pp 191-253

Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn Shaw, Grant Hayes and James Jedras

The Mental Cost of Pension Loss: The Experience of Russia's Pensioners during Transition , pp 191-240

Penka Kovacheva and Xiaotong Niu

Involuntary Unemployment and Efficiency-Wage Competition , pp 193-210

Marco Guerrazzi

The impact of conditional cash transfer programs on household work decisions in Brazil , pp 193-218

Andrea Ferro, Ana Lucia Kassouf and Deborah Levison

The Age Pay Gap between Young and Older Employees in Italy: Perceived or Real Discrimination against the Young? , pp 195-221

Carolina Castagnetti, Luisa Rosti and Marina Töpfer

Inequality and Changes in Task Prices: Within and between Occupation Effects☆ , pp 195-226

Nicole Fortin and Thomas Lemieux

The Effect of Land Title on Child Labor Supply: Empirical Evidence from Brazil , pp 195-222

Mauricio Moura and Rodrigo Bueno

The Incentive Effects of Sickness Absence Compensation – Analysis of a Natural Experiment in Eastern Europe☆ , pp 195-225

Márton Csillag

Mexican-American self-employment: a dynamic analysis of business ownership , pp 197-227

Magnus Lofstrom and Chunbei Wang

Illegal migration, enforcement, and minimum wage , pp 197-224

Gil Epstein and Odelia Heizler (Cohen)

The Influence of Stocks and Flows on Migrants’ Location Choices , pp 199-229

Thomas Bauer, Gil Epstein and Ira Gang

Labor Market Mismatch and Labor Productivity: Evidence from PIAAC Data☆ , pp 199-241

Muge Adalet and Dan Andrews

Implicit Social Preferences and Fiscal Reforms: A Microsimulation Analysis for Spain , pp 199-212

Amedeo Spadaro

RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN PENSION WEALTH , pp 203-225

William E Even and David Macpherson

The Gender Gap in Starting Salaries for New College Graduates , pp 205-229

Robert Thornton and Judith A. McDonald

Chapter 6 Migration as a Substitute for Informal Activities: Evidence from Tajikistan , pp 205-227

Ilhom Abdulloev, Ira Gang and John Landon-Lane

The Economic Crisis, Public Sector Pay and the Income Distribution , pp 207-225

Tim Callan, Brian Nolan and John Walsh

The Returns to Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Matched Person-firm Data* , pp 207-238

Mirjam Praag and Arvid Raknerud

Chapter 6 Foregone Earnings from Smoking: Evidence for a Developing Country , pp 209-238

Michael Lokshin and Kathleen Beegle

Playing Hard to Get: Theory and Evidence on Layoffs, Recalls, and Unemployment , pp 211-258

Núria Rodriguez-Planas

Trading Places: A Decade of Earnings Mobility in Chile and Nicaragua , pp 213-237

Rafael Novella, Laura Ripani, Agustina Suaya, Luis Tejerina and Claudia Vazquez

Personality Characteristics Demanded by Employers: Analysis of Job Descriptions From University Job Boards , pp 213-260

Luiza Antonie, Laura Gatto, Sarah Oloumi and Miana Plesca

Who Cares – and Does it Matter? Measuring Wage Penalties for Caring Work☆Helpful comments were received from Paula England, Meghan Skira, Aaron Sojourner, the editors, referees, and participants at the IZA Workshop and a Georgia State University seminar. Julia Manzella appreciates funding received from the Dan E. Sweat Dissertation Fellowship designed to support research addressing urban, community, or education policy issues , pp 213-275

Barry Hirsch and Julia Manzella

First- and Second-Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada , pp 215-270

Abdurrahman Aydemir and Arthur Sweetman

BOUNDING ESTIMATES OF WAGE DISCRIMINATION , pp 215-233

Joseph Hirschberg and Daniel Slottje

Multi-generation model of immigrant earnings: theory and application , pp 217-234

Joseph Deutsch, Gil Epstein and Tikva Lecker

Change and Continuity in Americans' Work Day Characteristics, 2019 to 2021 , pp 219-245

Sarah M. Flood and Katie R. Genadek

The Impact of Temporary Assistance Programs on Disability Rolls and Re-employment , pp 219-258

Stephan Lindner and Austin Nichols

Intra-household time allocation in rural Mexico: Evidence from a randomized experiment , pp 219-257

Marta Rubio-Codina