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February 2002, Vol. 125, No. 2

Publications received

Altonji, Joseph G., and Ulrich Doraszelski, The Role of Permanent Income and Demographics in Black/White Differences in Wealth. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 62 pp. (Working Paper 8473) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

The Best of The Editor’s Desk (TED). Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2001, 55 pp.

Geweke, John, Gautam Gowrisankaran, and Robert J. Town, Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in a Selection Model. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., October 2001, 77 pp. (Working Paper 8497) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Shy, Oz, The Economics of Network Industries. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2001, 315 pp. $22.95/softcover.

Economic growth and development

Easterly, William, The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists’ Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics. Cambridge, MA, and London, The MIT Press, 2001, 342 pp. $29.95/cloth.

Frey, Bruno S., Inspiring Economics: Human Motivation in Political Economy. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2001, 236 pp. $80/hardcover.

Raa, Thijs ten, and Ronald Schettkat, eds., The Growth of Service Industries: The Paradox of Exploding Costs and Persistent Demand. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2001, 225 pp. $85/hardcover.

Siegel, Jacob S., Applied Demography: Applications to Business, Government, Law, and Public Policy. San Diego and London, Academic Press, 2002, 686 pp.

Zerbe Jr., Richard O., Economic Efficiency in Law and Economics: New Horizons in Law and Economics. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2001, 328 pp. $95/hardcover.

Education

Rosenbaum, James, Beyond College For All: Career Paths for the Forgotten Half. New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 2001, 323 pp. $29.95/hardcover.

Fatal Workplace Injuries in 1998 and 1999: A Collection of Data and Analysis. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2001, Report 954, 179 pp.

Gray, Wayne B., and Ronald J. Shadbegian, Plant Vintage, Technology, and Environmental Regulation. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 25 pp. (Working Paper 8480) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Franklin, Stephen, Three Strikes: Labor’s Heartland Losses and What They Mean for Working Americans. New York, The Guilford Press, 2001, 308 pp. $23.95/hardcover.

Hathaway, Dale, Allies Across the Border: Mexico’s "Authentic Labor Front" and Global Solidarity. Cambridge, MA, South End Press, 2000, 267 pp. $19/softcover.

Herod, Andrew, Labor Geographies: Workers and the Landscapes of Capitalism. New York, The Guilford Press, 2001, 352 pp. $25/softcover.

La Botz, Dan, Made in Indonesia: Indonesian Workers Since Suharto. Cambridge, MA, South End Press, 2001, 395 pp. $18/softcover.

Louie, Miriam Ching Yoon, Sweatshop Warriors: Immigrant Women Workers Take On The Global Factory. Cambridge, MA, South End Press, 2001, 306 pp. $18/softcover.

Najita, Joyce M., and James L. Stern, eds., Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector: The Experience of Eight States. Armonk, NY, and London, M.E. Sharpe, June 2001, 288 pp. $64.95/hardcover.

Abadie, Alberto, and Javier Gardeazabal, The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Case-Control Study for the Basque Country. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 32 pp. (Working Paper 8478) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Carpenter, Mick, and Steve Jefferys, Management, Work and Welfare in Western Europe: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2000, 266 pp. $90/hardcover.

Richards, Peter, Towards the Goal of Full Employment: Trends, Obstacles and Policies. Geneva, International Labour Office, 2001, 156 pp. $16.95/softcover.

Rosenberg, Nathan, and Manuel Trajtenberg, A General Purpose Technology At Work: The Corliss Steam Engine in the Late 19th Century U.S. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., September 2001, 67 pp. (Working Paper 8485) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Abraham, Katharine G., and Robert Shimer, Changes in Unemployment Duration and Labor Force Attachment. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., October 2001, 60 pp. (Working Paper 8513) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Sisya, Frank D., The Political Life of a Public Employee Labor Union: Regional Union Democracy. Lewiston, NY, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2000, 201 pp.

Holland, Dutch, Red Zone Management: Changing the Rules for Pivotal Times. Chicago, Dearborn Trade, 2001, 272 pp. $25/hardcover.

Lewis, Mervyn K., and Latifa M. Algaoud, Islamic Banking. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2001, 288 pp. $90/hardcover.

Baxter, Marianne, and Dorsey D. Farr,

The Effects of Variable Capital Utilization on the Measurement and Properties of Sectoral Productivity: Some International Evidence. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 26 pp. (Working Paper 8475) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Coombs, Rod, Ken Green, Albert Richards, and Vivien Walsh, eds., Technology and the Market: Demand, Users and Innovation. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2001, 320 pp. $90/hardcover.

Diamond, Wayne J., and Richard B. Freeman, Will Unionism Prosper in Cyber-Space? The Promise of the Internet for Employee Organization. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., September 2001, 41 pp. (Working Paper 8483) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hall, Bronwyn H., Adam B. Jaffe, and Manuel Trajtenberg, The NBER Patent Citations Data File: Lessons, Insights and Methodological Tools. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., October 2001, 74 pp. (Working Paper 8498) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Learner, Edward E., and Michael Storper, The Economic Geography of the Internet Age. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., August 2001, 34 pp. (Working Paper 8450) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Zucker, Lynne G., Michael R. Darby, and Jeff S. Armstrong, Commercializing Knowledge: University Science, Knowledge Capture, and Firm Performance in Biotechnology. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., October 2001, 42 pp. (Working Paper 8499) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Social institutions and social change

Goldin, Claudia, and Maria Shim, Making A Name. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., September 2001, 25 pp. (Working Paper 8474) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lee, David S., The Electoral Advantage to Incumbency and Voters’ Valuation of Politicians’ Experience: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Elections to the U.S. House. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., August 2001, 43 pp. (Working Paper 8441) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Card, David, Charles Michalopoulos, and Philip K. Robins, The Limits to Wage Growth: Measuring the Growth Rate of Wages for Recent Welfare Leavers. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., August 2001, 46 pp. (Working Paper 8444) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Conyon, Martin J., and Richard B. Freeman, Shared Modes of Compensation and Firm Performance: U.K. Evidence. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., August 2001, 49 pp. (Working Paper 8448) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Gosling, Amanda, and Thomas Lemieux, Labour Market Reforms and Changes in Wage Inequality in the United Kingdom and the United States. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2001, 53 pp. (Working Paper 8413) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the East North Central Census Division, 1999. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2001, Bulletin 2544–3, 51 pp.

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the East South Central Census Division, 1999. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2001, Bulletin 2544–6, 32 pp.

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the Middle Atlantic Census Division, 1999. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2001, Bulletin 2544–2, 45 pp.

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the Mountain Census Division, 1999. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2001, Bulletin 2544–8, 33 pp.

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the New England Census Division, 1999. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2001, Bulletin 2544–1, 31 pp.

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the Pacific Census Division, 1999. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2001, Bulletin 2544–9, 49 pp.

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the South Atlantic Census Division, 1999. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2001, Bulletin 2544–5, 53 pp.

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, 1999. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2001, Bulletin 2539, 185 pp.

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the West North Central Census Division, 1999. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2001, Bulletin 2544–4, 38 pp.

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the West South Central Census Division, 1999. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2001, Bulletin 2544–7, 42 pp.

Welfare programs and social insurance

Gaynor, Martin, James B. Rebitzer, and Lowell J. Taylor, Incentives in HMOs. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., October 2001, 45 pp. (Working Paper 8522) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Gustman, Alan L., and Thomas L. Steinmeier, Imperfect Knowledge, Retirement and Saving. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., August 2001, 55 pp. (Working Paper 8406) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Prendergast, Canice, Consumers and Agency Problems. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., August 2001, 22 pp. (Working Paper 8445) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

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