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May 2000, Vol. 123, No. 5

Publications received

Chay, Kenneth Y. and Michael Greenstone, The Impact of Air Pollution on Infant Mortality: Evidence from Geographic Variation in Pollution Shocks Induced By A Recession. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 72 pp., (Working Paper 7442.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hammermesh, Daniel S., The Changing Distribution of Job Satisfaction. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. 1999, 34 pp. (Working Paper 7332.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Heckman, James L., Causal Parameters and Policy Analysis in Economics: A Twentieth Century Retrospective. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 54 pp. (Working Paper 7333.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, September, October, November and December 1999. Jerusalem, Israel, Central Bureau of Statistics, 158, 156, 156 and 136 pp., respectively.

Knowles, John, Nicola Persico, and Petra Todd, Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 46 pp. (Working Paper 7449.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Economic growth and development

Bewley, Truman F., Why Wages Don’t Fall During a Recession. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1999, 527 pp. $55.

Ichino, Andrea and Giovanni Maggi, Work Environment and Individual Background: Explaining Regional Shirking Differentials In a Large Italian Firm. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 42 pp. (Working Paper 7415.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Jovanovic, Boyan, Growth Theory. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 13 pp. (Working Paper 7468.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Krugman, Paul, The Return of Depression Economics. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1999, 176 pp. $23.95.

Paque, Karl-Heinz, Structural Unemployment and Real Wage Rigidity in Germany. Kiel, Germany, University of Kiel, Kiel Institute of World Economics, 1999, 387 pp.

Wolkinson, Benjamin W., Arab Employment In Israel: The Quest for Equal Employment Opportunity. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1999, 197 pp. $65.

Education

Acemoglu, Daron and Joshua Angrist, How Large Are the Social Returns to Education? Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 43 pp. (Working Paper 7444.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Angrist, Joshua and Victor Lavy, New Evidence on Classroom Computers and Pupil Learning. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 32 pp. (Working Paper 7424.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Ashenfelter, Orley, Colm Harmon, and Hessel Oosterbeek, A Review of Estimates of the Schooling/Earnings Relationship, with Tests for Publication Bias. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 24 pp. (Working Paper 7457.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bound, John and Sarah Turner, Going to War and Going to College: Did World War II and the G.I. Bill Increase Education Attainment for Returning Veterans? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 51 pp. (Working Paper 7452.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Carnevale, Anthony P., Education = Success: Empowering Hispanic Youth and Adults. Princeton, NJ, Educational Testing Service,1999, 105 pp.

Hanushek, Eric A. and Julie A. Somers, Schooling, Inequality, and the Impact of Government. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 34 pp. (Working Paper 7450.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lazear, Edward P., Educational Production. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 48 pp. (Working Paper 7349.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Industrial relations

Alexander, Mark, Transforming Your Workplace: A Model for Implementing Change and Labour-Management Cooperation. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1999, 23 pp.

Appelbaum, Eileen and others, Manufacturing Advantage: Why High-Performance Work Systems Pay Off. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2000, 259 pp. $45,cloth; $19.95, paper.

Applebaum, Herbert, Construction Workers, USA. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1999, 212 pp. $59.95.

Cappelli, Peter and David Neumark, Do "High Performance" Work Practices Improve Establishment-Level Outcomes? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 64 pp. (Working Paper 7374.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Coates, Mary Lou, Canadian Labour Law and Industrial Relations: Back to the Future? An Interview with Harry Arthurs. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1999, 11 pp.

_____Strategic Human Resources Management: Challenges and Opportunities, An Interview with Dr. David S. Weiss. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1999, 13 pp.

Doyle, Sean C., The Grievance Procedure: The Heart of the Collective Agreement. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1999, 15 pp.

Kleiner, Morris M., Jonathan S. Leonard, and Adam M. Pilarski, Do Industrial Relations Affect Plant Performance: The Case of Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 40 pp. (Working Paper 7414.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Krueger, Alan B., From Bismark to Maastricht: The March to European Union and the Labor Compact. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 28 pp. (Working Paper 7456.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Kumar Pradeep, Gregor Murray, and Sylvain Schetagne, Workplace Change in Canada: Union Perceptions of Impacts, Responses and Support Systems. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1999, 13 pp.

_____Adapting to Change: Union Priorities in the 1990s. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1999, 13 pp.

Linder, Marc, Wars of Attrition: Vietnam, the Business Roundtable, and the Decline of Construction Unions. Iowa City, Fanpihua Press, 1999, 434 pp. $15, paper.

Paulozza, Lydia, Relationships by Objectives: The Experience at Petro-Canada. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1999,19 pp.

Pikula, Deborah A., Mergers & Acquisitions: Organizational Culture & HR Issues. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1999, 15 pp.

Raza, M. Ali, A. Janell Anderson, and Harry Glynn Custred, Jr. The Ups and Downs of Affirmative Action Preferences. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1999, 207 pp. $59.95.

Rose, Fred, Coalitions Across the Class Divide: Lessons from the Labor, Peace, and Environmental Movements. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2000, 253 pp. $45, cloth; $17.95, paper.

Labor and economic history

Blaszak, Barbara J., The Matriarchs of England’s Cooperative Movement: A Study In Gender Politics and Female Leadership, 1883–1921. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 2000, 209 pp. $59.95.

Labor force

Estevao, Marcello and Saul Lach, Measuring Temporary Labor Outsourcing In U.S. Manufacturing. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 45 pp. (Working Paper 7421.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

_____The Evolution of the Demand for Temporary Help Supply Employment in the United States. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 23 pp. (Working Paper 7427.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Freeman, Richard B. and Ronald Schettkat, The Role of Wage and Skill Differences in US-German Employment Differences. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. 2000, 32 pp. (Working Paper 7474.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hamermesh, Daniel S. Togetherness: Spouses’ Synchronous Leisure, and the Impact of Children. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 30 pp. (Working Paper 7455.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hirschberg, David, The Job-Generation Controversy: The Economic Myth of Small Business. Armonk, NY, M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1999, 161 pp.

Hout, Michael and Harvey S. Rosen, Self-Employment, Family Background, and Race. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 38 pp. (Working Paper 7344.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Productivity and technological change

Acemoglu, Daron and Robert Shimer, Productivity Gains From Unemployment Insurance. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 35 pp. (Working Paper 7352.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bartel, Ann P., Human Resource Management and Performance in the Service Sector: The Case of Bank Branches. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 38 pp. (Working Paper 7467.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Black, Sandra E. and Lisa M. Lynch, What’s Driving the New Economy: The Benefits of Workplace Innovation. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 59 pp. (Working Paper 7479.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Cockburn, Iain M., Rebecca Henderson, and Scott Stern, The Diffusion of Science Driven Drug Discovery: Organizational Change in Pharmaceutical Research. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 52 pp. (Working Paper 7359.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

David, Paul A., Bronwyn H. Hall, and Andre A. Tool, Is Public R&D A Complement or Substitute for Private R&D? A Review of the Econometric Evidence. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. 1999, 66 pp. (Working Paper 7373.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hulten, Charles and Sylaja Srinivasan, Indian Manufacturing Industry: Elephant or Tiger? New Evidence on the Asian Miracle. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 37 pp. (Working Paper 7441.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

_____Total Factor Productivity: A Short Biography. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000,75 pp. (Working Paper 7471.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Jagannathan, Ravi and Shaker B. Srinivasan, Does Product Market Competition Reduce Agency Costs? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 20 pp. (Working Paper 7480.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lanjouw, Jean O. and Mark Schankerman, The Quality of Ideas: Measuring Innovation With Multiple Indicators. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 36 pp. (Working Paper 7345.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lerner, Josh and Alexander Tsai, Do Equity Financing Cycles Matter? Evidence from Biotechnology Alliances. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 42 pp. (Working Paper 7464.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Mairesse, Jacques, Bronwyn H. Hall, and Benoit Mulkay, Firm-Level Investment in France and the United States: An Exploration of What We Have Learned in Twenty Years. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 50 pp. (Working Paper 7437.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Stern, Scott, Do Scientists Pay to Be Scientists? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 52 pp. (Working Paper 7410.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Social institutions and social change

Greenwood, Michael J. and John M. McDowell, Legal U.S. Immigration: Influences on Gender, Age, and Skill Composition. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1999, 295 pp. $39, cloth; $21 paper.

Maiden, R. Paul, ed., Employee Assistance Services in the New South Africa. Binghamton, NY, Haworth Press, Inc., 1999, 115 pp. $19.95; outside the United States, $24.

Sacerdote, Bruce, Peer Effects With Random Assignment: Results for Dartmouth Roommates. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 48 pp. (Working Paper 7469.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Baker, Michael and Gary Solon, Earnings Dynamics and Inequality Among Canadian Men, 1976–1992: Evidence from Longitudinal Income Tax Records. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 70 pp. (Working Paper 7370.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Kessler, Daniel P. and Lawrence Katz, Prevailing Wage Laws and Construction Labor Markets. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 33 pp. (Working Paper 7454.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Lazear, Edward P., Output-Based Pay: Incentives or Sorting? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 37 pp. (Working Paper 7419.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Charleston—North Charleston, SC, National Compensation Survey, September 1998. Washington, 1999, 59 pp. Bulletin 3095–33. Stock No. 829–001–00894–3. $6.50. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA, 15250–7954.

_____Honolulu, HI, National Compensation Survey, February 1999. Washington, 1999, 51 pp. Bulletin 3095–37. Stock No. 829–001–00898–6. $6. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA, 15250–7954.

_____Miami—Fort Lauderdale, FL , National Compensation Survey, March 1999. Washington, 1999, 57 pp. Bulletin 3095–40. Stock No. 829–001–00901–0. $6.50. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA, 15250–7954.

_____Minneapolis—St. Paul, MN—WI, National Compensation Survey, July 1998. Washington, 1999, 59 pp. Bulletin 3095–42. Stock No. 829–001–00902–8. $6.50. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA, 15250–7954.

_____National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, 1997. Washington, 1999, 140 pp. Bulletin 2519. Stock No. 029–001–03328–1. $16. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328.

_____Occupational Employment and Wages, 1997. Washington, 1999, 113 pp. Bulletin 2516. Stock No. 029–001–03324–4. $4. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328.

Carnevale, Anthony and Donna M. Desrochers, Getting Down to Business: Matching Welfare Recipients’ Skills to Jobs That Train. Princeton, NJ, Educational Testing Service, 1999, 35 pp.

Cogan, John F. The Congressional Response to Social Security Surpluses, 1935–1994. Stanford, CA, Hoover Institution Press, 1999, 23 pp. (Essays in Public Policy 92.) $5, paper.

Danziger, Sheldon H., ed., Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1999, 321 pp. $40, cloth; $22, paper.

Grogger, Jeff and Charles Michalopoulos, Welfare Dynamics Under Term Limits. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 58 pp. (Working Paper 7353.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Gruber, Jonathan, The Wealth of the Unemployed: Adequacy and Implications for Unemployment Insurance. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 33 pp. (Working Paper 7348.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Gustman, Alan L. and Thomas L. Steinmeier, What People Don’t Know About Their Pensions and Social Security: An Analysis Using Linked Data From the Health and Retirement Study. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 74 pp. (Working Paper 7368.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hendel, Igal and Alessandro Lizzeri, The Role of Commitment in Dynamic Contracts: Evidence from Life Insurance. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 34 pp. (Working Paper 7470.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Iyer, Subramaniam, Actuarial Mathematics of Social Security Pensions. Washington, International Labor Organization, 1999, 130 pp. $39.95. Available from ILO Publications Center, Waldorf, MD 20604–0753.

Meyer, Bruce D. and Dan T. Rosenbaum, Making Single Mothers Work: Recent Tax and Welfare Policy and Its Effects. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2000, 50 pp. (Working Paper 7491.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

_____Welfare, The Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Labor Supply of Single Mothers. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 65 pp. (Working Paper 7363.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

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