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August, 2001, Vol. 124, No. 8

Publications received

Hall, Brian J. and Kevin J. Murphy, Stock Options for Undiversified Executives. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 49 pp. (Working Paper 8052.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hatton, Timothy J. and Jeffrey G. Williamson, Demographic and Economic Pressure on Emigration Out of Africa. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 35 pp. (Working Paper 8124.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Israel, Central Bureau of Statistics, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, November 2000 and February 2001, Jerusalem, Israel, Central Bureau of Statistics, 153 pp. each; March 2001, 156 pp.

Economic growth and development

Beaudry, Paul and David A. Green, Population Growth, Technological Adoption and Economic Outcomes: A Theory of Cross-Country Differences for the Information Era. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 70 pp. (Working Paper 8149.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Devroye, Dan and Richard Freeman, Does Inequality in Skills Explain Inequality of Earnings Across Advanced Countries? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 33 pp.(Working Paper 8140.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Freeman, Richard B., The Rising Tide Lifts…? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 38 pp. (Working Paper 8155.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Schimmelpfennig, Axel, Structural Change of the Production Process and Unemployment in Germany. Kiel, Germany, University of Kiel, 231 pp.

Garces, Eliana, Duncan Thomas, and Janet Currie, Longer Term Effects of Head Start. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, (Working Paper 8054.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Birken, Mitchell S., Grievance Mediation: The Impact of the Process and Outcomes on the Interest of the Parties. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 2000, 18 pp.

Brosseau, Jamie, Skill-Based Pay in a Unionized Environment: A Case Study. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 2000, 12 pp.

Freeman, Richard B., Morris M. Kleiner, and Cheri Ostroff, The Anatomy of Employee Involvement and Its Effects on Firms and Workers. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 34 pp. (Working Paper 8050.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Rubinstein, Saul A. and Thomas A. Kochan, Learning from Saturn: Possibilities for Corporate Governance and Employee Relations. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2001, 156 pp. $25.

Weiss, David S. and Steven R. Bedard, Contextual Negiations. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 2000, 8 pp.

Elliott, Kimberly Ann and Richard B. Freeman, White Hats or Don Quixotes? Human Rights Vigilantes in the Global Economy. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 58 pp. (Working Paper 8102.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Scherer, F.M., Competition, Policy, Domestic and International. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar, 2000, 449 pp. $110.

Tanner, Duncan, Chris Williams, and Dejan Hopkin, eds., The Labour Party in Wales, 1900-2000. Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 2000, 324 pp. $65. Available in the United States from Paul & Company, Leonia, NJ 07605.

Alper, Neil O. and Gregory H. Wassall, More Than Once In A Blue Moon: Multiple Job Holdings By American Artists. (Research Division Report 40), National Endowment For The Arts, Seven Locks Press, Santa Ana, California, 2000, 141 pp.

Beiji, Roger Zegers de, Documenting Discrimination Against Migrant Workers in the Labour Market: A Comparative Study of Four European Countries. Geneva, International Labor Organization, 2000, 113 pp., bibliography. $13.95. Available in the United States from ILO Publications Center, Waldorf, MD 20604–0753.

Bertrand, Marianne and Francis Kramarz, Does Entry Regulation Hinder Job Creation? Evidence From The French Retail Industry. Cambridge, MA., National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 46 pp. (Working Paper 8211.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bradley, Cathy J., Heather Bednarek, David Neumark, Breast Cancer Survival, Work, and Earnings. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 45 pp. (Working Paper 8134.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Cappelli, Peter and David Neumark, External Job Churning and Internal Job Flexibility. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 36 pp. (Working Paper 8111.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Costello, Cynthia B. and Anne J. Stone, eds., The American Woman, 2001–2002: Getting to the Top. New York, W.W. Norton & Co. Inc., 412 pp. $15.95, paper.

Murphy, Arthur D., Colleen Blanchard, and Jennifer A. Hill, eds., Latino Workers In the Contemporary South. Athens, University of Georgia Press, 2001, 139 pp. $40, cloth; $20, paper.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Labour Market Policies and the Public Employment Service: OECD Proceedings, Prague Conference, July 2000. Paris, France, 2001, 413 pp. bibliography. Available in the United States at the OECD Publications Center, Washington, DC.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Wages Annual Averages, 1999. Washington, 2001, Bulletin 2534, 540 pp. Stock No. 029–001–03369–9. $48. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328.

Weddle, Peter D., Weddle’s Recruiter’s Guide to Employment Web Sites, 2001. New York, AMACOM, a Division of American Management Association, 2001, 374 pp. $27.95, paper.

Gimpelson, Vladimir and Douglas Lippoldt, The Russian Labour Market: Between Transition and Turmoil. New York, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001, 223 pp. $70, cloth; $26.95, paper.

Management and organization theory

Byham, William C., Audrey B. Smith, and Matthew J. Paese, Grow Your Own Leaders: Acceleration Pools: A New Method of Succession Management. Bridgeville, PA, DDI Press, 2000, 370 pp. $35, paper; $52, Canada.

Jovanovic, Boyan and Peter L. Rousseau, Why Wait? A Century of Life Before IPO. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001,14 pp. (Working Paper 8081.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Feenstra, Robert C. and Matthew D. Shapiro, High-Frequency Substitution and the Measurement of Price Indexes. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 34 pp. (Working Paper 8176.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lichtenberg, Frank R., The Benefits and Costs of Newer Drugs: Evidence from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 26 pp. (Working Paper 8147.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Productivity and technological change

Caselli, Francesco and Wilbur John Coleman II, Cross-Country Technology Diffusion: The Case of Computers. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 24 pp. (Working Paper 8130.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Greenan, Nathalie, Jacques Mairesse, and Agnes Topiol-Bensaid, Information Technology and Research and Development Impacts on Productivity and Skills: Looking for Correlations on French Firm Level Data. Cambridge, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 34 pp. (Working Paper 8075.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Keller, Wolfgang, The Geography and Channels of Diffusion at the World’s Technology Frontier. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 51 pp. (Working Paper 8150.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lazear, Edward P., The Peter Principle: Promotions and Declining Productivity. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 28 pp. (Working Paper 8094.) $10 for copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Nordhaus, William D., Alternative Methods for Measuring Productivity Growth. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001,19 pp. (Working Paper 8095.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

_____Productivity Growth and the New Economy. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 48 pp. (Working Paper 8096.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Social institutions and social change

Jarrett, Alfred A., ed., The Impact of Macro Social Systems on Ethnic Minorities in the United States. Westport, CT, Praeger Publishing Co., 2000, 278 pp. $65.

Neumark, David and Wendy A. Stock, The Effects Of Race and Discrimination Laws. Cambridge, MA., National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 39 pp. (Working Paper 8215.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Schulz, James H., The Economics of Aging. 7th ed., Westport, CT, Auburn House, 2001, 363 pp. $79.95, cloth; $24.95, paper.

Wages and compensation

Bell, Linda A. and Richard B. Freeman, The Incentive for Working Hard: Explaining Hours Worked Differences in the U.S. and Germany. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 29 pp. (Working Paper 8051.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Fay, Charles H., ed., The Executive Handbook on Compensation: Linking Strategic Rewards to Business Performance. New York, The Free Press, 2001, 860 pp. $125.

Freeman, Richard B. and Remco H. Oostendorp, Wages Around the World: Pay Across Occupations and Countries. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 41 pp. (Working Paper 8058.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Goldberg, Linda and Joseph Tracy, Exchange Rates and Wages. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 30 pp. (Working Paper 8137.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Welfare programs and social insurance

Doyle, Suzanne, Olivia S. Mitchell, and John Piggott, Annuity Values in Defined Contribution Retirement Systems: The Case of Singapore and Australia. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 29 pp. (Working Paper 8091.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

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