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February 2006, Vol. 129, No. 2

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Bayer, Patrick, Stephen Ross, and Giorgio Topa, Place of Work and Place of Residence: Informal Hiring Networks and Labor Market Outcomes. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 52 pp. (Working Paper 11019) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Choi, James J., David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Andrew Metrick, Optimal Defaults and Active Decisions. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 49 pp. (Working Paper 11074) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Cunha, Flavio, James J. Heckman, and Salvador Navarro, Separating Uncertainty from Heterogeneity in Life Cycle Earnings. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 123 pp. (Working Paper 11024) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Jovanovic, Boyan, The Product Cycle and Inequality. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 19 pp. (Working Paper 10910) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lichtenberg, Frank R., The Effect of Drug Vintage on Survival: Micro Evidence from Puerto Rico’s Medicaid Program. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 23 pp. (Working Paper 10884) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Mairesse, Jacques and Pierre Mohnen, The Importance of R&D for Innovation: A Reassessment Using French Survey Data. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 35 pp. (Working Paper 10897) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Nicholson, Sean, Mark V. Pauly, Daniel Polsky, Claire Sharda, Helena Szrek, and Marc L. Berger, Measuring the Effects of Workloss on Productivity with Team Production. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 25 pp. (Working Paper 10632) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Persico, Nicola and Petra Todd, Using Hit Rate Tests to Test for Racial Bias in Law Enforcement: Vehicle Searches in Wichita. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 31 pp. (Working Paper 10947) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Economic growth and development

Amiti, Mary and Shang-Jin Wel, Fear of Service Outsourcing: Is It Justified? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 40 pp. (Working Paper 10808) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Heckman, James J. and Dimitriy V. Masterov, Allander Series: Skill Policies for Scotland. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 67 pp. (Working Paper 11032) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Mitchell, Olivia S., John Piggott, and Satoshi Shimizutani, Aged-Care Support in Japan: Perspectives and Challenges. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 44 pp. (Working Paper 10882) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bhattacharya, Jayanta, Janet Currie, and Steven Haider, Breakfast of Champions? The School Breakfast Program and the Nutrition of Children and Families. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 36 pp. (Working Paper 10608) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Compton, Janice and Robert A. Pollak, Why Are Power Couples Increasingly Concentrated in Large Metropolitan Areas? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 42 pp. (Working Paper 10918) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Fryer, Jr., Roland G. and Steven D. Levitt, The Black-White Test Score Gap Through Third Grade. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 33 pp. (Working Paper 11049) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Haupt, Alexander and Eckhard Janeba, Education, Redistribution, and the Threat of Brain Drain. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 27 pp. (Working Paper 10618) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lavy, Victor, Performance Pay and Teachers’ Effort, Productivity and Grading Ethics. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 58 pp. (Working Paper 10622) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Blanchard, Olivier and Thomas Philippon, The Quality of Labor Relations and Unemployment. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 21 pp. (Working Paper 10590) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Markiewicz, Kira, Nancy Rose, and Catherine Wolfram, Does Competition Reduce Costs? Assessing the Impact of Regulatory Restructuring on U.S. Electric Generation Efficiency. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 61 pp. (Working Paper 11001) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Popp, David, R&D Subsidies and Climate Policy: Is There a "Free Lunch?" Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 36 pp. (Working Paper 10880) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Antras, Pol, Luis Garicano, and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 47 pp. (Working Paper 11094) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Goldberg, Pinelopi Koujianou, and Nina Pavcnik, Trade, Inequality, and Poverty: What Do We Know? Evidence from Recent Trade Liberalization Episodes in Developing Countries. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 50 pp. (Working Paper 10593) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lamoreaux, Naomi R., Margaret Levenstein, and Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Financing Invention During the Second Industrial Revolution: Cleveland, Ohio 1870–1920. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 63 pp. (Working Paper 10923) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Baker, Michael and Kevin Milligan, How Does Job-Protected Maternity Leave Affect Mothers’ Employment and Infant Health? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 57 pp. (Working Paper 11135) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Beegle, Kathleen, Rakeev Dehejia, and Roberta Gatti, Why Should We Care About Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 52 pp. (Working Paper 10980) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Fernández, Raquel, Alessandra Fogli, and Claudia Olivetti, Preferences Formation and the Rise of Women’s Labor Force Participation: Evidence from WWII. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 23 pp. (Working Paper 10589) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

DiNardo, John and David S. Lee, Economic Impacts of Unionization on Private Sector Employers: 1984–2001. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 62 pp. (Working Paper 10598) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Guedj, Ilan and David Scharfstein, Organizational Scope and Investment: Evidence from the Drug Development Strategies and Performance of Biopharmaceutical Firms. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 46 pp. (Working Paper 10933) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Gustman, Alan L. and Thomas L. Steinmeier, Minimum Hours Constraints, Job Requirements and Retirement. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 43 pp. (Working Paper 10876) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Rogers, Robert W., Realizing the Promise of Performance Management. Pittsburgh, PA, Development Dimensions International, Inc., 2004, 175 pp., $24.95/softcover.

Colman, Greg and Dahlia K. Remler, Vertical Equity Consequences of Very High Cigarette Tax Increases: If the Poor Are the Ones Smoking, How Could Cigarette Tax Increases Be Progressive? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 43 pp. (Working Paper 10906) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Eissa, Nada, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, and Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Evaluation of Four Tax Reforms in the United States: Labor Supply and Welfare Effects for Single Mothers. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 49 pp. (Working Paper 10935) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Knittel, Christopher R. and Victor Stango, Incompatibility, Product Attributes and Consumer Welfare: Evidence from ATMs. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 43 pp. (Working Paper 10962) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Wasi, Nada and Michelle J. White, Property Tax Limitations and Mobility: The Lock-in Effect of California’s Proposition 13. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 38 pp. (Working Paper 11108) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Abbott, Thomas A. and John A. Vernon, The Cost of U.S. Pharmaceutical Price Reductions: A Financial Simulation Model of R&D Decisions. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 35 pp. (Working Paper 11114) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Mishel, Lawrence, Jared Bernstein, and Sylvia Allegretto, The State of Working America 2004/2005. Washington, DC, Economic Policy Institute, 2005, 484 pp., $59.95/cloth; $24.95/paperback.

Basu, Susanto, John Fernald, and Miles Kimball, Are Technology Improvements Contractionary? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 56 pp. (Working Paper 10592) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Chun, Hyunbae, Jung-Wook Kim, Jason Lee, and Randall Morck, Patterns of Comovement: The Role of Information Technology in the U.S. Economy. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 49 pp. (Working Paper 10937) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Comin, Diego, R&D: A Small Contribution to Productivity Growth. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 39 pp. (Working Paper 10625) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Feenstra, Robert C. and Christopher R. Knittel, Re-Assessing the U.S. Quality Adjustment to Computer Prices: The Role of Durability and Changing Software. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 48 pp. (Working Paper 10857) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hall, Bronwyn H., Exploring the Patent Explosion. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 27 pp. (Working Paper 10605) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Jovanovic, Boyan and Peter L. Rousseau, General Purpose Technologies. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 51 pp. (Working Paper 11093) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Khan, B. Zorina and Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Institutions and Technological Innovation During Early Economic Growth: Evidence from the Great Inventors of the United States, 1790–1930. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 45 pp. (Working Paper 10966) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lerner, Josh and Jean Tirole, The Economics of Technology Sharing: Open Source and Beyond. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 42 pp. (Working Paper 10956) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Nordhaus, William, Retrospective on the 1970s Productivity Slowdown. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 45 pp. (Working Paper 10950) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Social institutions and social change

Galenson, David W., One-Hit Wonders: Why Some of the Most Important Works of Modern Art Are Not by Important Artists. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 64 pp. (Working Paper 10885) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Neal, Derek, Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 73 pp. (Working Paper 11090) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Price, Ruth, The Lives of Agnes Smedley. New York, Oxford University Press, 2005, 498 pp., $35/hardcover.

Glaeser, Edward L., Joseph Gyourko, and Raven E. Saks, Urban Growth and Housing Supply. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 33 pp. (Working Paper 11097) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bailey, Martha J. and William J. Collins, The Wage Gains of African-American Women in the 1940s. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 44 pp. (Working Paper 10621) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Blau, Francine D. and Lawrence M. Kahn, The U.S. Gender Pay Gap in the 1990s: Slowing Convergence. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 63 pp. (Working Paper 10853) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

DeSimone, Jeff and Edward J. Schumacher, Compensating Wage Differentials and AIDS Risk. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 25 pp. (Working Paper 10861) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Goldman, Dana, Neeraj Sood, and Arleen Leibowitz, Wage and Benefit Changes in Response to Rising Health Insurance Costs. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 23 pp. (Working Paper 11063) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Michelacci, Claudio and Vincenzo Quadrini, Financial Markets and Wages. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 45 pp. (Working Paper 11050) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Munasinghe, Lalith and Nachum Sicherman, Wage Dynamics and Unobserved Heterogeneity: Time Preference or Learning Ability? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2005, 33 pp. (Working Paper 11031) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Welfare programs and social insurance

Bloom, David E., David Canning, and Michael Moore, The Effect of Improvements in Health and Longevity on Optimal Retirement and Saving. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 34 pp. (Working Paper 10919) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Gustman, Alan L. and Thomas L. Steinmeier, The Social Security Retirement Earnings Test, Retirement and Benefit Claiming. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2004, 37 pp. (Working Paper 10905) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Worker training and development

Akabas, Sheila H. and Paul A. Kurzman, Work and the Workplace: A Resource for Innovative Policy and Practice. New York, Columbia University Press, 2005, 368 pp., $49.50/cloth.

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