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August 1999, Vol. 122, No. 8

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Economic and social statistics

Galenson, David W. and Bruce A. Weinberg, Age and the Quality of Work: The Case of Modern American Painters. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 27 pp. (Working Paper 7122.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Goldin, Claudia and Lawrence F. Katz, The Returns to Skill in the United States Across the Twentieth Century. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 49 pp. (Working Paper 7126.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hamermesh, Daniel S., The Art of Labormetrics. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 38 pp. (Working Paper 6927.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

International Labour Office, Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 1998. 57th ed. Geneva, International Labour Organization, 1998, 1,339 pp. Available from the ILO Publications Center, Waldorf, MD.

Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, March 1999, Jerusaleum, Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, 158 pp.

Klette, Tor Jakob, Jarle Moen and Zvi Griliches, Do Subsidies to Commercial R&D Reduce Market Failures? Micro-economic Evaluation Studies. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 35 pp. (Working Paper 6947.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lazear, Edward P., Personnel Economics: Past Lessons and Future Directions. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 61 pp. (Working Paper 6957.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Mairesse, Jacques and Nathalie Greenan, Using Employee Level Data in a Firm Level Econometric Study. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 29 pp. (Working Paper 7028.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Shapiro, Irving, Matthew D. Shapiro, and David W. Wilcoz, Quality Improvement in Health Care: A Framework for Price and Output Measurement. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 11 pp. (Working Paper 6971.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Economic growth and development

Baker, Dean, Gerald Epstein, and Robert Pollin, eds., Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1998, 514 pp., bibliography.

Brown, Annette N., ed., When is Transition Over? Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1999, 135 pp. $23, cloth; $13, paper.

Freeman, Richard B. and David L. Lindauer, Why Not Africa? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 35 pp. (Working Paper 6942.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Gompers, Paul A. and Josh Lerner, What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 53 pp. (Working Paper 6906.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Sargent, Thomas J., The Conquest of American Inflation. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 148 pp.

Rodrik, Dani, The New Global Economy and Developing Countries: Making Openness Work. Washington, Overseas Development Council, 1999, 167 pp. $13.95. Distributed by Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD.

Education

Ashenfelter, Orley and Cecilia Rouse, Schooling, Intelligence, and Income In America: Cracks in the Bell Curve. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 29 pp. (Working Paper 6902.) $10 per copy, plus T10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Costa, Dora L. and Matthew E. Kahn, Power Couples: Changes in the Locational Choice of the College Educated, 1940–1990. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 45 pp. (Working Paper 7109.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Jaroslava K. Mykula, Do Indirect Cost Rates Matter? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 27 pp. (Working Paper 6976.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Health and safety

Levitt, Steven D. and Jack Porter, Estimating the Effect of Alcohol on Driver Risk Using Only Fatal Accident Statistics. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 36 pp. (Working Paper 6944.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor, Protecting Youth at Work: Health Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States. Washington, National Academy Press 1998, 318 pp. $44.95.

Industry and governmentorganization

University of Texas at Austin, Directory of Texas Manufacturers, 1999, Vol. 1: Alphabetical and Geographical Sections; and Vol. II: Product Section and Index, Austin, University of Texas, Bureau of Business Research, Graduate School of Business, 1999, 494 and 686 pp., respectively.

Industrial relations

Anderson, Julie Kathryn, People Management: The Crucial Aspect of Mergers and Acquisitions. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1998, 13 pp.

Banovetz, James M., ed., Managing Human Resources; Local Government Cases; and Supplement, Cases in Decision Making. Washington, International City/County Management Association, 1998, 74, 17, and 48 pp., respectively.

Briggs, Steven and Jay E. Grenig, eds., Arbitration 1998: The Changing World of Dispute Resolution. (Proceedings of the Fifty-first Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Arbitraters.) Washington, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1999, 196 pp. $40. Available from BNA Books, Edison, NJ.

Celani, Anthony L. and Caroline L. Weber, Pay-for-Knowledge Systems: Guidelines for Practice. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1998, 15 pp.

Di Martino, Vittorio and Nigel Corlett, eds., Work Orgaization and Ergonomics. Geneva, International Labour Organization, 1999. 211 pp. $23, paper. Available in the United States from ILO Publications Center, Waldorf, MD.

Freeman, Robert B. and Joel Rogers, What Workers Want. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, and Russell Sage Foundation, 1999, 226 pp. $17.95, paper

Glickman, Lawrence B., A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1997, 220 pp. $15.95, paper.

Krueger, Alan B., Measuring Labor’s Share. Cambridge, MA, Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 16 pp. (Working Paper 7006.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

N’Daba, Louis and Janes Hodges-Aeberhard, HIV/AIDS and Employment. Geneva, International Labour Organization, 1998, 71 pp. Available from the ILO Publications Center, Waldorf, MD.

Potterfield, Thomas A., The Business of Employee Empowerment: Democracy and Ideology in the Workplace. Westport, CT, Quorum Books, 1999, 172 pp. $55.

Quirk, James and Rodney Fort, Hard Ball: The Abuse of Power in Pro Team Sports. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1999, 233 pp. $22.95.

Stanley, Amy Dru, From Bondage to Contract: Wage Labor, Marriage, and the Market In the Age of Slave Emancipation. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1998, 277 pp. $54.95, cloth; $17.95, paper.

Thomas, R. Roosevelt, Jr. with Majorie I. Woodruff, Building a House for Diversity: How a Fable About a Giraffe and an Elephant Offers New Strategies for Today’s Workforce. New York, AMACOM, 1999, 266 pp. $27.95.

Thomason, Terry, John F. Burton, Jr. and Douglas E. Hyatt, eds., New Approaches to Disability in the Workplace. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University, 1998, 337 pp. (IRRA Series.) $27.50, paper.

Verma, Anil and Richard P. Chaykowski, eds., Contract and Commitment: Employment Relations in the New Economy. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1999, 354 pp. $49.95, institutions/corporations; $34.95, individuals; $24.95, professors/students.

Wooding, John and Charles Levenstein, The Point of Production: Work Environment in Advanced Industrial Societies. New, York, Guilford Publicationss, 1999, 166 pp. $16.95, paper.

International economics

Citzenship and Immigration Canada, Building on a Strong Foundation for the 21st Century: New Directions for Immigration and Refugee Policy Legislation. Ottawa, Ontario, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, 1998, 60 pp.

Lee, Eddy, The Asian Financial Crisis: The Challenge for Social Policy. Geneva, International Labour Organization, 1998, 98 pp., bibliography. $12.95, paper. Available from the ILO Publications Center, Waldorf, MD.

Melkas, Helina and Richard Anker, Gender Equality and Occupational Segregation in Nordic Labour Markets. Geneva, International Labour Organization, 1998, 108 pp., bibliography. Available in the United States from the ILO Publications Center, Waldorf, MD.

Michie, Jonathan and Angelo Reati, eds., Employment Technology, and Economic Needs: Theory, Evidence and Public Policy. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 1998, $100.

Labor and economic history

Argersinger, Jo Ann E., Making the Amalgamated: Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in the Baltimore Clothing Industry, 1899–1939. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, 229 pp. $39.95.

Bruno, Robert, Steelworker Alley: How Class Works in Youngstown. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1999, 222 pp., bibliography. $45, cloth; $16.95, paper.

Shuldiner, David P., Of Moses and Marx: Folk Ideology and Folk History in the Jewish Labor Movement. Westport, CT, Bergin & Garvey, 1999, 248 pp., bibliography. $65.

Morton, Desmond, Working People: An Illustrated History of the Canadian Labour Movement. 4th ed., Montreal, Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1998, 408 pp. $24.95, paper.

Labor force

Abowd, John M., Francis Kramarz, David N. Margolis, Minimum Wages and Employment in France and the United States. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 30 pp. (Working Paper 6996.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Allen, Steven G., Robert L. Clark, and Sylvester J. Schieber, Has Job Security Vanished In Large Corporations? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 35 pp. (Working Paper 6966.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Barling, Julian and E. Kevin Kelloway, Young Workers: Varieties of Experience. Washington, American Psychological Association, 1999, 282 pp. $34.95, members; $39.95, nonmembers.

Chan, Sewin and Ann Huff Stevens, Job Loss and Retirement Behavior of Older Men. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 48 pp. (Working Paper 6920.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Currie, Janet Duncan Thomas, Early Test Scores, Socioeconomic Status and Future Outcomes. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 40 pp. (Working Paper 6943.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Davis, Steven J. and John Haltiwanger, Sectoral Job Creation and Destruction Responses to Oil Price Changes. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 58 pp. (Working Paper 7095.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Goldberg, Linda and Joseph Tracy, Exchange Rates and Local Labor Markets. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 34 pp. (Working Paper 6985.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Gual, Jordi, ed., Job Creation: The Role of Labor Market Institutions. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar, 1998, 204 pp. $60.

Hanson, Gordon H., Raymond Robertson, and Antonio Spilimbergo, Does Border Enforcement Protect U.S. Workers from Illegal Immigration? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 49 pp. (Working Paper 7054.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling utside the United States.

Heckman, James J. and Jeffrey A. Smith, The Pre-Program Earnings Dip and the Determinants of Participation in a Social Program: Implications for Simple Program Evaluation Strategies. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 61 pp. (Working Paper 6983.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Holzer, Harry J., What Employers Want: Job Prospects for Less-Educated Workers. New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 1999, 182 pp. $32.50, cloth; $14.95, paper.

Imbens, Guido W., Donald B. Rubin, and Bruce Sacerdote, Estimating the Effect of Unearned Income on Labor Supply, Earnings, Savings, and Consumption: Evidence from a Survey of Lottery Players. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 58 pp. (Working Paper 7001.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Manski, Charles F. and John D. Straub, Worker Perceptions of Job Insecurity in the Mid-1990s: Evidence from the Survey of Economic Expectations. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 46 pp. (Working Paper 6908.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling out side the United States.

Murname, Richard J., John B. Willett, and John H. Tyler, Who Benefits from Obtaining a GED? Evidence from High School and Beyond. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 62 pp. (Working Paper 7172.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Newmark, David, The Employment Effects of Recent Minimum Wage Increases: Evidence from a Pre-Specified Research Design. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 30 pp. (Working Paper 7171.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Pryor, Frederic L. and David L. Schaffer, Who’s Not Working and Why: Employment, Cognitive Skills, Wages, and the Changing U.S. Labor Market. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1999, 300 pp. bibliography. $34.95.

Tyler, John H., Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett, Do the Cognitive Skills of School Dropouts Matter in the Labor Market? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 22 pp. (Working Paper 7101.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Labor organizations

Juravich, Tom and Kate Bronfenbrenner, Ravenswood: The Steelworkers’ Victory and the Revival of American Labor. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press. 1999, 245 pp. $29.95.

Markholt, Ottillie, Maritime Solidarity: Pacific Coast Unionism, 1929–1938. Tacoma, WA, Pacific Coast Maritime History Committee, 1998, 461 pp., bibliography. $19.95.

Management and organization theory

Hao, Li, Conflicts and Common Interests in Committees. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 47 pp. (Working Paper 7158.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Harris, Jim and Joan Brannick, Finding and Keeping Great Employees. New York, AMACOM, 1999, 222 pp. $24.95.

Monetary and fiscal policy

Coggins, Bruce, Does Financial Deregulation Work: A Critique of Free Market Approaches. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 1998, 230 pp., bibliography. $80.

Hall, Robert E., The Stock Market and Capital Accumulation. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 32 pp. (Working Paper 7180.) $10, per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Prices and living conditions

Wood, Geoffrey, ed., Money, Prices, and the Real Economy. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 1998, 125 pp, $65.

Productivity and technological change

Abernathy, Frederick H. and others, A Stitch in Time: Lean Retailing and the Transformation of Manufacturing—Lessons from the Apparel and Textile Industries. New York, Oxford University Press, 1999, 368 pp. $35.

Bartel, Ann P. and Ann E. Harrison, Ownership Versus Environment: Why are Public Sector Firms Inefficient? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 50 pp. (Working Paper 7043.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Benkard, C. Lanier Learning and Forgetting: The Dynamics of Aircraft Production. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 56 pp. (Working Paper 7127.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bernard, Andrew B. and J. Bradford Jensen, Exporting and Productivity. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 37 pp. (Working Paper 7135.) $10 per copy plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Berndt, Ernst R., Robert S. Pindyck, and Pierre Azoulay, Network Effects and Diffusiion in Pharmaceutical Markets: Antiulcer Drugs. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 31 pp. (Working Paper 7024.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bresnahan, Timothy F., Erik Brynjolfsson, and Lorin M. Hitt, Information Technology, Workplace Organization, and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidence. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 43 pp. (Working Paper 7136.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Christiano, Lawrence J. and Robert Vigfusson, Maximum Likelihood in the Frequency Domain: A Time to Build Example. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 15 pp. (Working Paper 7027.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Eaton, Jonathan, Eva Gutierrez, and Samuel Kortum, European Technology Policy. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 49 pp. (Working Paper 6827.) $10, per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Genesove, David, The Adoption of Offset Presses in the Daily Newspaper Industry in the United States. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. 1999, 33 pp. (Working Paper 7076.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hall, Bronwyn H., Innovation and Market Value. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 34 pp. (Working Paper 6984.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hall, Bronwyn H. and Rose Marie Ham, The Patent Paradox Revisited: Determinants of Patenting in the U.S. Semiconductor Industry, 1980–97. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 42 pp. (Working Paper 7062.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United Sates.

Hall Bronwyn H. and John van Reenen, How Effective are Fiscal Incentives for R&D? A Review of the Evidence. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 52 pp. (Working Paper 7098.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hopenhaybn, Hugo A. and Matthew F. Mitchell, Innovation Fertility and Patent Design. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 34 pp. (Working Paper 7070.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Jaffe, Adam B. and Josh Lerner, Privatizing R&D: Patent Policy and the Commercialization of National Laboratory Technologies. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 49 pp. (Working Paper 7064.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Keller, Wolfgang, How Trade Patterns and Technology Flows Affect Productivity Growth. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 55 pp. (Working Paper 6990.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lamoreaux, Naomi R. and Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Inventive Activity and the Market for Technology in the United States, 1840–1920. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 53 pp. (Working Paper 7107.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Mohun, Arwen P., Steam Laundries: Gender, Technology, and Work in the United States and Great Britain 1880–1940. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, 348 pp., bibliography. $48.

Mowery, David C. and Nathan Rosenberg, Paths of Innovation: Technological Change In 20th Century America. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1998, 214 pp. bibliography. $27.95.

Shavell, Steven and Tanguy van Ypersele, Rewards Versus Intellectual Property Rights. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 31 pp. (Working Paper 6956.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Trajtenberg, Manuel, Innovation in Israel 1968–97: A Comparative Analysis Using Patent Data. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 28 pp. (Working Paper 7022.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States

Social institutions and social change

Berman, Eli, and Ruth Klinov, Sect, Subsidy, and Sacrifice: An Economist’s View of Ultra-Orthodox Jews. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 38 pp. (Working Paper 6715.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Butcher, Kristin F. and Anne Morrison Piehl, The Role of Deportation in the Incarceration of Immigrants. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 41 pp. (Working Paper 6974.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Nelson, Robert L. and William P. Bridges, Legalizing Gender Inequality: Courts, Markets, and Unequal Pay for Women in America. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1999, 393 pp. $59.95, cloth; $19.95, paper.

Urban affairs

Downs, Anthony, Urban Affairs and Urban Policy: The Selected Essays of Anthony Downs, Vol.II. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. 1999, 265 pp. $85.

Stansiola, Javier, Arts, Government and Community Revitalization. Brookfield, VT, Ashgate Publishing Co., 1999, 143 pp. bibliography. $61.95.

Wages and compensation

Abowd, John M. and David S. Kaplan, Executive Compensation: Six Questions that Need Answering. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 35 pp. (Working Paper 7124.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bayard, Kimberly and others, New Evidence on Sex Segregation and Sex Differences in Wages from Matched Employee-Employer Data.Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 60 pp. (Working Paper 7003.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Chicago—Gary-Kenosha—IL-IN-WI, National Compensation Survey, July 1997. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3090–28, 69 pp. Stock No. 829–001–00825–1. $6. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954.

—, Cleveland-Akron, OH, National Compensation Survey, February 1998. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3090–47. 62 pp. Stock No. 829–001–00844–7. $5.50. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954.

—, Employee Benefits in Small Private Establishments, 1996. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 2507. 111 pp. Stock No. 029–001–03319–2. $11. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop SSOP, Washington 20402–9328.

—, Houston,-Galveston-Brazoria, Tx, National Compensation Survey, October 1997. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3090–40, 65 pp. Stock No. 829–001–00837–4. $6. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954.

—, Kansas City, MO-KS National Compensation Survey, September 1997. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3090–30, 59 pp. Stock No. 829–001–00827–7. $5.50. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954.

—, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA National Compensation Survey, January 1997. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3090–12, 68 pp. Stock No. 829–001–00797–1. $4.25. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954.

—, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA National Compensation Survey, March 1998. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3095–04, 71 pp. Stock No. 829–001–00851–0. $6.50. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954.

—, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL National Compensation Survey, December 1997. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3090–42, 57 pp. Stock No. 829–001–00839–1. $5.50. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954.

—, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, National Compensation Survey, October 1997. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3090–34, 43 pp. Stock No. 829–001–00831–5. $4. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954.

—, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV National Compensation Survey, February 1997. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3090–08, 67 pp. Stock No. 829–001–00804–8. $3.75. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954.

Hamermesh, Daniel S., Xin Meng, and Jusen Zhang. Dress for Success—Does Primping Pay? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 18 pp. (Working Paper 7167,) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Welfare programs and socialinsurance

Ashenfelter, Orley, David Ashmore, and Olivier Deschenes, Do Unemployment Insurance Recipients Actively Seek Work? Randomized Trials in Four U.S. States. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 28 pp. (Working Paper 6982.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Blank, Rebecca M., David Card, and Philip K. Robins, Financial Incentives for Increasing Work and Income Among Low-Income Families. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 45 pp. (Working Paper 6998.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

—, When Can Public Policy Makers Rely on Private Markets? The Effective Provision of Social Security. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 27 pp. (Working Paper 7099.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Mitchell, Olivia S., Robert J. Meyers, and Howard Young, eds., Prospects for Social Security Reform. Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999, 413 pp.

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