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November/December 2003, Vol. 126, Nos. 11 & 12

Publications received

Agriculture and natural resources

Energy Policies of IEA Countries: The United States 2002 Review. Paris, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/International Energy Agency, 2002, 148 pp., $75/paperback.

Annuaire Statistique de la France: édition 2003. Paris, Insee (Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques), 2003, 625 pp., hardcover.

Diewert, W. Erwin, Measuring Capital. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 97 pp. (Working Paper 9526) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Heckman, James and Salvador Navarro-Lozano, Using Matching, Instrumental Variables and Control Functions to Estimate Economic Choice Models. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 46 pp. (Working Paper 9497) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Heim, Bradley T. and Bruce D. Meyer, Work Costs and Nonconvex Preferences in the Estimation of Labor Supply Models. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 41 pp. (Working Paper 9429) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Mishel, Lawrence, Jared Bernstein, and Heather Boushey, The State of Working America 2002/2003. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2003, 494 pp., $59.95/cloth; $24.95/paperback.

Economic growth and development

Åslund, Anders, Building Capitalism: The Transformation of the Former Soviet Bloc. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2002, 508 pp., $27/paperback.

Barro, Robert J., Nothing Is Sacred: Economic Ideas for the New Millennium. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 2002, 179 pp., $24.95/cloth.

Ben-Bassat, Avi, The Israeli Economy, 1985–1998: From Government Intervention to Market Economics. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 2002, 547 pp., $40/cloth.

Card, David, Thomas Lemieux, and W. Craig Riddell, Unionization and Wage Inequality: A Comparative Study of the U.S., the U.K., and Canada. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 50 pp. (Working Paper 9473) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Culpepper, Pepper D., Creating Cooperation: How States Develop Human Capital in Europe. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2003, 239 pp., cloth.

Development Is Back. Paris, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2002, 289 pp., paperback.

Global Employment Trends. Geneva, International Labour Office, 2003, 118 pp., $22.95/softcover.

Haveman, Robert H., Andrew Bershadker, and Jonathan A. Schwabish, Human Capital in the United States from 1975 to 2000: Patterns of Growth and Utilization. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2003, 229 pp., $40/cloth; $17/paperback.

OECD Territorial Reviews: Canada. Paris, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2002, 264 pp., paperback.

Ono, Hiroshi and Marcus E. Rebick, Constraints on the Level and Efficient Use of Labor in Japan. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 28 pp. (Working Paper 9484) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Darby, Michael R., Lynne G. Zucker, and Andrew Wang, Universities, Joint Ventures and Success in the Advanced Technology Program. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 51 pp. (Working Paper 9463) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2002. Paris, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2002, 382 pp., paperback.

Clark, Paul F., John T. Delaney, and Ann C. Frost, eds., Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2002, 380 pp., $29.95/paperback.

Hunt, E.K., Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies. Armonk, NY, M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2002, 304 pp., $64.95/hardcover; $24.95/paperback.

Krueger, Alan B. and Alexandre Mas, Strikes, Scabs and Tread Separations: Labor Strife and the Production of Defective Bridgestone/Firestone Tires. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 66 pp. (Working Paper 9524) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Industry and government organization

McKinney, C. Nicholas, Muriel Niederle, and Alvin E. Roth, The Collapse of a Medical Labor Clearinghouse and Why Such Failures Are Rare. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 40 pp. (Working Paper 9467) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hoffman, Jürgen, ed., The Solidarity Dilemma: Globalisation, Europeanisation and the Trade Unions. Brussels, European Trade Union Institute, 2002, 215 pp., paperback.

Keller, Wolfgang and Stephen R. Yeaple, Multinational Enterprises, International Trade, and Productivity Growth: Firm Level Evidence from the United States. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 51 pp. (Working Paper 9504) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lee, Chulhee, Labor Market Status of Older Males in the United States, 1880–1940. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 33 pp. (Working Paper 9550) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Parker, Randall E., Reflections on the Great Depression. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2002, 230 pp., $35/paperback.

Scheidel, Walter and Sitta Von Reden, eds., The Ancient Economy. New York, Routledge, 2002, 282 pp., $24.95/paperback.

Stephens Jr., Melvin, Job Loss Expectations, Realizations, and Household Consumption Behavior. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 41 pp. (Working Paper 9508) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Labor organizations

Pencavel, John, The Surprising Retreat of Union Britain. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 66 pp. (Working Paper 9564) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Oppenheimer, Amy, and Craig Pratt, Investigating Workplace Harassment: How to Be Fair, Thorough, and Legal. Alexandria, VA, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 2003, 214 pp., $19.95/paperback.

Lang, Kevin, The Effect of the Payroll Tax on Earnings: A Test of Competing Models of Wage Determination. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 29 pp. (Working Paper 9537) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Branstetter, Lee and Yoshiaki Nakamura, Is Japan’s Innovative Capacity in Decline? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 43 pp. (Working Paper 9438) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Finkelstein, Amy, Health Policy and Technological Change: Evidence from the Vaccine Industry. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 55 pp. (Working Paper 9460) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Social institutions and social change

Argandoña, Antonio and Jordi Gual, eds., The Social Dimensions of Employment: Institutional Reforms in Labour Markets. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2002, 154 pp., $70/hardcover.

Darlington, Patricia S.E., and Becky Michele Mulvaney, Women, Power, and Ethnicity: Working Toward Reciprocal Empowerment. Binghamton, NY, The Haworth Press, Inc., 2003, 241 pp., softcover.

Dnes, Antony W. and Robert Rowthorn, eds., The Law and Economics of Marriage & Divorce. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2002, 232 pp., $23/paperback.

Donohue III, John J., Further Evidence That Legalized Abortion Lowered Crime: A Reply to Joyce. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 28 pp. (Working Paper 9532) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Galenson, David W., The Life Cycles of Modern Artists: Theory, Measurement, and Implications. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 140 pp. (Working Paper 9539) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Heilbrun, James and Charles M. Gray, The Economics of Art and Culture Second Edition. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2001, 410 pp., $28/paperback.

Lochner, Lance, Individual Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 38 pp. (Working Paper 9474) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Chandra, Amitabh, Is the Convergence in the Racial Wage Gap Illusory? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 61 pp. (Working Paper 9476) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Welfare programs and social insurance

Baker, Michael, Jonathan Gruber, and Kevin Milligan, Simulating the Response to Reform of Canada’s Income Security Programs. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 54 pp. (Working Paper 9455) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Coile, Courtney C., Retirement Incentives and Couples’ Retirement Decisions. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 35 pp. (Working Paper 9496) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Disney, Richard, Carl Emmerson, and Sarah Smith, Pension Reform and Economic Performance in Britain in the 1980s and 1990s. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 49 pp. (Working Paper 9556) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Grogger, Jeffrey, Welfare Transitions in the 1990s: The Economy, Welfare Policy, and the EITC. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 38 pp. (Working Paper 9472) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Worker training and development

Alcohol and Drug Problems at Work: The Shift to Prevention. Geneva, International Labour Office, 2003, 119 pp., $9.95/paperback.

Carneiro, Pedro and James Heckman, Human Capital Policy. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 126 pp. (Working Paper 9495) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hamermesh, Daniel S., Routine. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 37 pp. (Working Paper 9440) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hotchkiss, Julie L., The Labor Market Experience of Workers with Disabilities: The ADA and Beyond. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2003, 229 pp., $40/cloth; $20/paperback.

Thomson, William, A Guide for the Young Economist: Writing and Speaking Effectively about Economics. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 2001, 118 pp., $17.95/paperback.

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