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August 2005, Vol. 128, No.8

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Agriculture and natural resources

Folmer, Henk and Tom Tietenberg, eds., The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 2003/2004: A Survey of Current Issues. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2003, 386 pp., $55/softcover.

Bergin, Paul, Reuven Glick, and Alan M. Taylor, Productivity, Tradability, and the Long-Run Price Puzzle. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 54 pp. (Working Paper 10569) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bergoeing, Raphael, Norman Loayza, and Andrea Repetto, Slow Recoveries. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 37 pp. (Working Paper 10584) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Pakes, Ariel, Michael Ostrovsky, and Steve Berry, Simple Estimators for the Parameters of Discrete Dynamic Games (With Entry/Exit Examples). Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 47 pp. (Working Paper 10506) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Economic growth and development

Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration 2004. Ottawa, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 39 pp., softcover.

Arora, Ashish and Alfonso Gambardella, The Globalization of the Software Industry: Perspectives and Opportunities for Developed and Developing Countries. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 40 pp. (Working Paper 10538) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Pagán, José A., Worker Displacement in the US/Mexico Border Region: Issues and Challenges. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2004, 127 pp., $65/cloth.

Postlewaite, Andrew, Larry Samuelson, and Dan Silverman, Consumption Commitments and Preferences for Risk. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 41 pp. (Working Paper 10527) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Sciarra, Silvana, Paul Davies, and Mark Freedland, Employment Policy and the Regulation of Part-time Work in the European Union: A Comparative Analysis. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2004, 368 pp., $95/hardback.

Freeman, Richard B., Emily Jin, and Chia-Yu Shen, Where Do New U.S.-Trained Science-Engineering PhDs Come From? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 31 pp. (Working Paper 10554) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lavy, Victor, Targeted Remedial Education for Under-Performing Teenagers: Costs and Benefits. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 43 pp. (Working Paper 10575) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Nicholson, Sean, How Much Do Medical Students Know About Physician Income? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 23 pp. (Working Paper 10542) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Kohl, Heribert and Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, eds., Industrial relations in Central and Eastern Europe: Transformation and integration. A comparison of the eight new EU member states. Brussels, European Trade Union Institute, 2004, 422 pp., softcover.

Lipset, Seymour Martin, Noah M. Meltz, Rafael Gomez, and Ivan Katchanovski, The Paradox of American Unionism: Why Americans Like Unions More Than Canadians Do But Join Much Less. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2004, 208 pp., $32.50/cloth.

Morris, Charles J., The Blue Eagle at Work: Reclaiming Democratic Rights in the American Workplace. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2005, 328 pp., $35/cloth.

Jolls, Christine, Identifying the Effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act Using State-Law Variation: Preliminary Evidence on Educational Participation Effects. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 16 pp. (Working Paper 10528) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Mulligan, Casey and Andrei Shleifer, Conscription as Regulation. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 25 pp. (Working Paper 10558) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hatton, Timothy J. and Jeffrey G. Williamson, International Migration in the Long-Run: Positive Selection, Negative Selection and Policy. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 37 pp. (Working Paper 10529) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bender, Daniel E. and Richard A. Greenwald, Sweatshop USA: The American Sweatshop in Historical and Global Perspective. New York, Routledge/Taylor and Francis Books, Inc., 2003, 300 pp., $24.95/softcover.

Cappelli, Peter and Monika Hamori, The Path to the Top: Changes in the Attributes and Careers of Corporate Executives, 1980–2001. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 53 pp. (Working Paper 10507) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Linder, Marc, "Time and a Half’s the American Way": A History of the Exclusion of White-Collar Workers from Overtime Regulation, 1868–2004. Iowa City, Fănpìhuà Press, 2004, 1,342 pp., paperback.

Olwell, Russell B., At Work in the Atomic City: A Labor and Social History of Oakridge, Tennessee. Knoxville, TN, The University of Tennessee Press, 2004, 176 pp., $29/cloth.

Roscigno, Vincent J. and William F. Danaher, The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929–1934. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2004, 216 pp., $59.95/cloth; $19.95/paperback.

Sterling, Dorothy, Close to My Heart: An Autobiography. New York, The Quantuck Lane Press, 2004, 120 pp., $23/cloth.

Von Drehle, David, Triangle: The Fire That Changed America. New York, Grove Press, 2003, 340 pp., $14/cloth.

Vickrey, William S., and Mathew Forstater and Pavlina R. Tcherneva, eds., Full Employment and Price Stability: The Macroeconomic Vision of William S. Vickrey. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2004, 141 pp., $85/cloth.

Gifford, Court, ed., Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations 2004 Edition. Washington, DC, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 2004, 292 pp., $105/softcover.

Bergstresser, Daniel, Mihir A. Desai, and Joshua Rauh, Earnings Manipulation and Managerial Investment Decisions: Evidence from Sponsored Pension Plans. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 48 pp. (Working Paper 10543) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Downs, Cal W. and Allyson D. Adrian, Assessing Organizational Communication: Strategic Communication Audits. New York, The Guilford Press, 2004, 292 pp., $40/paperback.

Stone, Katherine V. W., From Widgets to Digits: Employment Regulation for the Changing Workplace. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2004, 300 pp., $75/hardback; $29.99/paperback.

Davis, Steven J. and Magnus Henrekson, Tax Effects on Work Activity, Industry Mix and Shadow Economy Size: Evidence from Rich-Country Comparisons. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 64 pp. (Working Paper 10509) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Jovanovic, Boyan, Asymmetric Cycles. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 25 pp. (Working Paper 10573) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Adams, James D., R&D Sourcing, Joint Ventures and Innovation: A Multiple Indicators Approach. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 34 pp. (Working Paper 10474) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Galenson, David W., A Portrait of the Artist as a Very Young or Very Old Innovator: Creativity at the Extremes of the Life Cycle. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 86 pp. (Working Paper 10515) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Maurer, Stephen M. and Suzanne Scotchmer, Profit Neutrality in Licensing: The Boundary Between Antitrust Law and Patent Law. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 46 pp. (Working Paper 10546) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Schor, Adriana, Heterogeneous Productivity Response to Tariff Reduction: Evidence from Brazilian Manufacturing Firms. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 29 pp. (Working Paper 10544) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Syverson, Chad, Market Structure and Productivity: A Concrete Example. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 45 pp. (Working Paper 10501) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Social institutions and social change

Hunt, Jennifer, Trust and Bribery: The Role of the Quid Pro Quo and the Link with Crime. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 38 pp. (Working Paper 10510) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Paul, Annie Murphy, The Cult of Personality: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves. New York, Free Press/Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2004, 302 pp., $26/cloth.

Persico, Nicola, Andrew Postlewaite, and Dan Silverman, The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 40 pp. (Working Paper 10522) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Collins, William J. and Robert A. Margo, The Economic Aftermath of the 1960s Riots: Evidence from Property Values. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 30 pp. (Working Paper 10493) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lustig, Hanno and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Housing Collateral and Consumption Insurance Across U.S. Regions. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 47 pp. (Working Paper 10505) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Adams, Scott and David Newmark, The Economic Effects of Living Wage Laws: A Provisional Review. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 38 pp. (Working Paper 10562) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Adams, Scott and David Neumark, When Do Living Wages Bite? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 36 pp. (Working Paper 10561) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Allen, Steven G., The Value of Phased Retirement. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 39 pp. (Working Paper 10531) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hunt, H. Allan, ed., Adequacy of Earnings Replacement in Workers’ Compensation Programs: A Report of the Study Panel on Benefit Adequacy of the Workers’ Compensation Steering Committee. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2004, 177 pp., $16/paperback.

Welfare programs and social insurance

Acs, Gregory and Pamela Loprest, Leaving Welfare: Employment and Well-Being of Families that Left Welfare in the Post-Entitlement Era. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2004, 120 pp., $40/cloth; $15/paperback.

Cawley, John and Sheldon Danziger, Obesity as a Barrier to the Transition from Welfare to Work. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 34 pp. (Working Paper 10508) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Chetty, Raj, Optimal Unemployment Insurance When Income Effects Are Large. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 56 pp. (Working Paper 10500) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Currie, Janet, The Take Up of Social Benefits. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 51 pp. (Working Paper 10488) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lemieux, Thomas and Kevin Milligan, Incentive Effects of Social Assistance: A Regression Discontinuity Approach. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 55 pp. (Working Paper 10541) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

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