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2008

Income Volatility and Food Assistance in the United States, Jolliffe and Ziliak, eds.
Older and Out of Work: Jobs and Social Insurance for a Changing Economy, Eberts and Hobbie, eds.
Who Really Made Your Car? Restructuring and Geographic Change in the Auto Industry, Klier and Rubenstein
How Do We Spend Our Time? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey, Kimmel, ed.
A Future of Good Jobs? America's Challenge in the Global Economy, Bartik and Houseman, eds.

2007

Do Community Colleges Respond to Local Needs? Evidence from California, Leigh and Gill
Immigrants and Their International Money Flows, Pozo, ed.
Reining in the Competition for Capital, Markusen, ed.

2006

The Working Life: The Labor Market for Workers in Low-Skilled Jobs, Maxwell
The Shadow Workforce: Perspectives on Contingent Work in the United States, Japan, and Europe, Gleason, ed.
Social Security and the Stock Market: How the Pursuit of Market Magic Shapes the System, Munnell and Sass
The Geography of American Poverty: Is There a Need for Place-Based Policies?, Partridge and Rickman
Justice on the Job: Perspectives on the Erosion of Collective Bargaining in the United States, Block, Friedman, Kaminski, and Levin, eds.
Individual Accounts for Social Security Reform: International Perspectives on the U.S. Debate, Turner
Licensing Occupations: Ensuring Quality or Restricting Competition?, Kleiner

2005

Job Training That Gets Results: Ten Principles of Effective Employment Programs, Bernick
Safety Practices, Firm Culture, and Workplace Injuries, Butler and Park
Workplace Injuries and Diseases: Prevention and Compensation - Essasy in Honor of Terry Thomason, Roberts, Burton, and Bodah, eds.
Unemployment Compensation Throughout the World, Vroman and Brusentsev
The Economics of Sustainable Development, Asefa, ed.
Welfare and Work: Experiences in Six Cities, King and Mueser

2004

Communities and Workforce Development, Meléndez, ed.
Adequacy of Earnings Replacement in Workers' Compensation Programs: A Report of the Study Panel on Benefit Adequacy of the Workers’ Compensation Steering Committee - National Academy of Social Insurance, Hunt, ed.
Job Training Policy in the United States, O'Leary, Straits, and Wandner, eds.
Does "Trickle Down" Work?, Persky, Felsenstein, and Carlson
Leaving Welfare, Acs and Loprest
Workplace Justice Without Unions, Wheeler, Klaas, and Mahony
Labor Exchange Policy in the United States, Balducchi, Eberts, and O'Leary, eds.
Kids at Work: The Value of Employer-Sponsored On-Site Child Care Centers, Connelly, DeGraff, and Willis
By a Thread: How Child Care Centers Hold On to Teachers, How Teachers Build Lasting Careers, Whitebook and Sakai
International Trade and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications, Davidson and Matusz

2003

Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences, Houseman and Osawa. eds.
Job Creation, Job Destruction, and International Competition, Klein, Schuh, and Triest
The Economics of Risk , Meyer, ed.
The Decline in Employment of People with Disabilities: A Policy Puzzle, Stapleton and Burkhauser, eds.
Training That Works, Moore, Blake, Phillips, and McConaughy
Income and Influence, Kapstein and Milanovic
Workplace Education for Low-Wage Workers, Ahlstrand, Bassi, and McMurrer
Bargaining for Competitiveness , Block, ed.
Labor Standards in the United States and Canada , Block, Roberts, and Clarke
Human Capital in the Untied States from 1975 to 2000, Haveman, Bershadker, and Schwabish
The Labor Market Experience of Workers with Disabilities, Julie L. Hotchkiss

2002

Imports, Exports, and Jobs, Lori G. Kletzer
The Economics of Work and Family, Kimmel and Hoffman, eds.
Helping Working Families: The Earned Income Tax Credit, Hoffman and Seidman
State Enterprise Zone Programs: Have They Worked?, Peters and Fisher
Carve-Outs in Workers' Compensation, Levine, Neuhauser, Reuben, Petersen, and Echeverria
Losing Work, Moving On, Peter J. Kuhn, ed. (a synopsis)
Targeting Employment Services, Eberts, O'Leary, and Wandner, eds.
Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform, Weber, Duncan, Whitener, eds.
How New Is the "New Employment Contract"?, Levine, Belman, Charness, Groshen,
and O'Shaughnessy

2001

Working Time in Comparative Perspective
- Volume I - Patterns, Trends, and Policy Implications of Earnings Inequality and Unemployment, Wong and Picot, eds.
- Volume II - Life-Cycle Working Time and Nonstandard Work, Houseman and Nakamura, eds.
Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments, Robins and Spiegelman, eds.
The Political Economy of Health Care Reforms, Huizhong Zhou, ed.
Labor, Business, and Change in Germany and the United States, Kirsten Wever, ed.
Pay at Risk: Compensation and Employment Risk in the United States and Canada, John A. Turner, ed.
Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Costs, and Safety Under Alternative Insurance Arrangements, Thomason, Schmidle, and Burton
Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce, Budetti, Burkhauser, Gregory, and Hunt, eds.

2000

High School Career Academies: A Pathway to Educational Reform in Urban School Districts?, Maxwell and Rubin
The Economics Medicare Reform, Rettenmaier and Saving
The Economics of Sports, William S. Kern, ed.
Rising Wage Inequality: The 1980s Experience in Urban Labor Markets, Thomas Hyclak
Employee Benefits and Labor Markets in Canada and the United States, Alpert and Woodbury, eds.
Changes in Income Inequality in Metropolitan Areas, Janice F. Madden
Bidding for Business, Anderson and Wassmer

1999

Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform, Sheldon H. Danziger, ed.
Skill-Biased Technological Change, Donald S. Siegel
Legal U.S. Immigration: Influences on Gender, Age, and Skill Composition, Greenwood and McDowell
When Is Transition Over? Annette N. Brown, ed.

1998

The Economics of the Great Depression, Mark Wheeler, ed.
Pensions and Productivity, Dorsey, Cornwell, and Macpherson

1997

On-the-Job Training, Barron, Berger, and Black
Lessons for Welfare Reform, O'Neill and O'Neill
Poverty and Inequality, Jon Neill, ed.

1996

Teacher Pay and Teacher Quality, Ballou and Podgursky
Disability, Work, and Cash Benefits, Mashaw, Reno, Burkhauser, and Berkowitz, eds.
Of Heart and Mind: Social Policy Essays in Honor of Sar A. Levitan, Mangum and Mangum, eds.
Workdays, Workhours and Work Schedules, Daniel S. Hamermesh

1995

Private Pension Policies in Industrialized Countries: A Comparative Analysis, Turner and Watanabe
Permanent Job Loss and the U.S. System of Financing Unemployment Insurance, Brechling and Laurence

1993

Classrooms in the Workplace: Workplace Literacy Programs in Small and Medium-Sized Firms, Hollenbeck

Income Volatility and Food Assistance in the United States

Dean Jolliffe and James P. Ziliak, Editors

309 pp. $40 cloth 978-0-88099-336-4 / $20 paper 978-0-88099-335-7 / 2008.

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Older and Out of Work: Jobs and Social Insurance for a Changing Economy

Randall W. Eberts and Richard A. Hobbie, Editors

237 pp. $40 cloth 978-0-88099-330-2 / $18 paper 978-0-88099-329-6 / 2008.

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Who Really Made Your Car? Restructuring and Geographic Change in the Auto Industry

Thomas Klier and James Rubenstein

419 pp. $40 cloth 978-0-88099-334-0 / $20 paper 978-0-88099333-3 / 2008.

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How Do We Spend Our Time? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey

Jean Kimmel, Editor

187 pp. $40 cloth 978-0-88099-338-8 / $15 paper 978-0-88099-337-1 / 2008.

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A Future of Good Jobs? America's Challenge in the Global Economy

Timothy J. Bartol and Susan N. Houseman, Editors

327 pp. $40 cloth 978-0-88099-332-6 / $20 paper 978-0-88099-331-9 / 2008.

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Do Community Colleges Respond to Local Needs? Evidence from California

Duane E. Leigh and Andrew M. Gill

219 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-328-6 / $18 paper ISBN 0-88099-327-8 / 2007.

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Immigrants and Their Interantional Money Flows

Susan Pozo, Editor

215 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-325-1 / $18 paper ISBN 0-88099-299-9 / 2007.

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Reining in the Competition for Capital

Ann Markusen, Editor

215 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-296-4 / $18 paper ISBN 0-88099-295-6 / 2007.

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The Working Life: The Labor Market for Workers in Low-Skilled Jobs

Nan L. Maxwell

193 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-298-0 / $18 paper ISBN 0-88099-297-2 / 2006.

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The Shadow Workforce: Perspectives on Contingent Work in the United States, Japan, and Europe

Sandra E. Gleason, Editor

350 pp. $54 cloth ISBN 0-88099-289-1 / $22 paper ISBN 0-88099-288-3 / 2006.

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Social Security and the Stock Market: How the Pursuit
of Market Magic Shapes the System

Alicia H. Munnell and Steven A. Sass

180 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-291-3 / $18 paper ISBN 0-88099-290-5 / 2006.

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The Geography of American Poverty:
Is There a Need for Place-Based Policies?

Mark D. Partridge and Dan S. Rickman

$56 cloth ISBN 0-88099-287-5 / $22 paper ISBN 0-88099-286-7 / 2006.

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Justice on the Job: Perspectives on the Erosion
of Collective Bargaining in the United States

Richard N. Block, Sheldon Friedman, Michelle Kaminski, and Andy Levin, Editors

355 pp. $54 cloth ISBN 0-88099-279-4 / $22 paper ISBN 0-88099-278-6 / 2006.

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Individual Accounts for Social Security Reform:
International Perspectives on the U.S. Debate

John Turner

195 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-283-2 / $18 paper ISBN 0-88099-282-4 / 2006.

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Licensing Occupations:
Ensuring Quality or Restricting Competition?

Morris M. Kleiner

195 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-285-9 / $18 paper ISBN 0-88099-284-0 / 2006.

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Job Training That Gets Results:
Ten Principles of Effective Employment Programs

Michael Bernick

273 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-281-6 / $20 paper ISBN 0-88099-280-8 / 2005.

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Safety Practices, Firm Culture, and Workplace Injuries

Richard J. Butler and Yong-Seung Park

105 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-277-8 / $15 paper ISBN 0-88099-275-1 / 2005.

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Workplace Injuries and Diseases:
Prevention and Compensation

Essays in Honor of Terry Thomason

Karen Roberts, John F. Burton Jr., and Matthew M. Bodah, Editors

301 pp. $20 paper ISBN 0-88099-324-3. / 2005.

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Unemployment Compensation Throughout the World:
A Comparative Analysis

Wayne Vroman and Vera Brusentsev

273 pp. $41 cloth ISBN 0-88099-323-5 / $20 paper ISBN 0-88099-322-7 / 2005.

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The Economics of Sustainable Development

Sisay Asefa, Editor

191 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-321-9 / $15 paper ISBN 0-88099-320-0 / 2005.

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Welfare and Work: Expereinces in Six Cities

Christopher T. King and Peter R. Mueser

200 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-319-7 / $17 paper ISBN 0-88099-318-9 / 2005.

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Communities and Workforce Development

Edwin Meléndez, Editor

499 pp. $70 cloth ISBN 0-88099-317-0 / $25 paper ISBN 0-88099-316-2. 2004.

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Adequacy of Earnings Replacement in Workers' Compensation Programs: A Report of the Study Panel on Benefit Adequacy of the Workers’ Compensation Steering Committee

National Academy of Social Insurance
H. Allan Hunt, Editor

177 pp. $16 paper ISBN 0-88099-314-6.

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Job Training Policy in the United States

Christopher J. O'Leary, Robert A. Straits, and Stephen A. Wandner, Editors

359 pp. $50 cloth ISBN 0-88099-307-3 / $22 paper ISBN 0-88099-306-5.

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Does "Trickle Down" Work?: Economic Development Strategies and Job Chains in Local labor Markets

Joseph Persky, Daniel Felsenstein, and Virginia Carlson

188 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-309-X / $17 paper ISBN 0-88099-308-1.

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Leaving Welfare: Employment and Well-Being of Families that Left Welfare in the Post-Entitlement Era

Gregory Acs, and Pamela Loprest

120 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-311-1 / $15 paper ISBN 0-88099-310-3.

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Workplace Justice Without Unions

Hoyt N. Wheeler, Brian S. Klaas, and Douglas M. Mahony

231 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-313-8 / $18 paper ISBN 0-88099-312-X.

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Labor Exchange Policy in the United States

David E. Balducchi, Randall W. Eberts, and Christopher J. O'Leary, Editors

295 pp. $45 cloth ISBN 0-88099-303-0 / $20 paper ISBN 0-88099-302-2.

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Kids at Work: The Value of Employer-Sponsored On-Site Child Care Centers

Rachel Connelly, Deborah S. DeGraff, and Rachel A. Willis

175 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-305-7 / $17 paper ISBN 0-88099-304-9.

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By a Thread: How Child Care Centers Hold On to Teachers,
How Teachers Build Lasting Careers

Marcy Whitebook and Laura Sakai

145 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0 88099 301-4 / $16 paper ISBN 0 88099 300-6.

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International Trade and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications

Carl Davidson and Steven J. Matusz

216 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-274-3 / $16 paper ISBN 0-88099-273-5.

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Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences

Susan Houseman and Machiko Osawa, Editors

520 pp. $70 cloth ISBN 0-88099-264-6 / $26 paper ISBN 0-88099-263-8.

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Job Creation, Job Destruction, and International Competition

Michael W. Klein, Scott Schuh, and Robert K. Triest

216 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-272-7 / $17 paper ISBN 0-88099-271-9.

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The Economics of Risk

Donald J. Meyer, Editor

192 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0 88099 268-9 / $15 paper ISBN 0 88099 267-0.

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The Decline in Employment of People with Disabilities: A Policy Puzzle

David C. Stapleton, and Richard V. Burkhauser, Editors

232 pp. $45 cloth ISBN 0 88099 260-3 / $22 paper ISBN 0 88099 259-X.

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Training That Works: Lessons from California's Employment Training Panel Program

Richard W. Moore, Daniel R. Blake, G. Michael Phillips and Daniel McConaughy

232 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0 88099 258-1 / $20 paper ISBN 0 88099 257-3.

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Income and Influence: Social Polciy in Emerging Market Economies

Ethan B. Kapstein and Branko Milanovic

120 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0 88099 270-0 / $14 paper ISBN 0 88099 267-9.

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Workplace Education for Low-Wage Workers

Amanda L. Ahlstrand, Laurie J. Bassi, and Daniel P. McMurrer

184 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0 88099 266-2 / $18 paper ISBN 0 88099 265-4.

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Bargaining for Competitiveness: Law, Research, and Case Studies

Richard N. Block, Editor

186 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0 88099 262-X / $18 paper ISBN 0 88099 261-1.

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Labor Standards in the United States and Canada

Richard N. Block, Karen Roberts, and R. Oliver Clarke

185 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0 88099 236-0 / $18 paper ISBN 0 88099 235-2.

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Human Capital in the United States from 1975 to 2000: Patterns of Growth and Utilization

Robert H. Haveman, Andrew Bershadker, and Jonathan A. Schwabish

229 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0 88099 256-5 / $15 paper ISBN 0 88099 255-7.

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The Labor Market Experience of Workers with Disabilities: The ADA and Beyond

Julie L. Hotchkiss

229 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0 88099 255-2 / $20 paper ISBN 0 88099 251-4.

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Imports, Exports, and Jobs: What Does Trade Mean for Employment and Job Loss?

Lori G. Kletzer

221 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0 88099 248-4 / $16 paper ISBN 0 88099 247-6.

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The Economics of Work and Family

Jean Kimmel and Emily P. Hoffman, Editors

191 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-246-8 / $15 paper ISBN 0-88099-245-X / 2002.

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Helping Working Families: The Earned Income Tax Credit

Saul D. Hoffman and Laurence S. Seidman

245 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-254-9 / $18 paper ISBN 0-88099-253-0 / 2002.

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State Enterprise Zone Programs: Have They Worked?

Alan H. Peters and Peter S. Fisher

345 pp. $52 cloth ISBN 0-88099-250-6 / $22 paper ISBN 0-88099-249-2 / 2002.

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Carve-Outs in Workers' Compensation: An Analysis of the Experience in the California Construction Industry

David I. Levine, Frank W. Neuhauser, Richard Reuben, Jeffrey S. Petersen, and Cristian Echeverria

175 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-238-7 / $18 pbk. ISBN 0-88099-237-9. 2002.

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Losing Work, Moving On: International Perspectives on Worker Displacement

Peter J. Kuhn, Editor

560 pp. $28 cloth ISBN 0-88099-234-4 / 2002.

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Targeting Employment Services

Randall W. Eberts, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Wandner, Editors

434 pp. $64 cloth ISBN 0-88099-244-1 / $23 paper ISBN 0-88099-243-3 / 2002.

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Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform

Bruce A. Weber, Greg J. Duncan, and Leslie A. Whitener, Editors

490 pp. $70 cloth ISBN 0-88099-240-9 / $27 paper ISBN 0-88099-239-5 / 2002.

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How New Is the "New Employment Contract"? Evidence from North American Pay Practices

David I. Levine, Dale Belman, Gary Charness, Erica L. Groshen,
and K.C. O'Shaughnessy

270 pp. $41 cloth ISBN 0-88099-232-8 / $22 paper ISBN 0-88099-231-X / 2002.

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Working Time in Comparative Perspective

Patterns, Trends, and Policy Implications
of Earnings Inequality and Unemployment
Ging Wong and Garnett Picot, Editors
387 pp. $56 cloth ISBN 0-88099-228-X / $25 paper ISBN 0-88099-227-1 / 2001.

[cover] Life-Cycle Working Time
and Nonstandard Work
Susan Houseman and Alice Nakamura, Editors
372 pp. $56 cloth ISBN 0-88099-230-1 / $25 paper ISBN 0-88099-229-8 / 2001.

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Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments

Philip K. Robins and Robert G. Spiegelman, Editors

295 pp. $44 cloth ISBN 0-88099-226-3 / $25 paper ISBN 0-88099-225-5 / 2001.

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The Political Economy of Health Care Reforms

Huizhong Zhou, Western Michigan University, Editor

163 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-224-7 / $15 paper ISBN 0-88099-223-9 / 2001.

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Labor, Business, and Change in Germany and the United States

Kirsten S. Wever, Rutgers University, Editor

170 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-216-6 / $17 pbk. ISBN 0-88099-215-8.

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Pay at Risk: Compensation and Employment Risk in the United States and Canada

John A. Turner, Public Policy Institute, AARP, Editor

215 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-222-0 / $19 pbk. ISBN 0-88099-221-2. 2001

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Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Costs, and Safety Under Alternative Insurance Arrangements

Terry Thomason, University of Rhode Island
Timothy P. Schmidle, Cornell University
John F. Burton, Jr., Rutgers University

450 pp. $68 cloth ISBN 0-88099-218-2 / $27 pbk. ISBN 0-88099-217-4. 2001

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Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce

Peter B. Budetti, Richard V. Burkhauser, Janice M. Gregory, and H. Allan Hunt, Editors

575 pp. $70 cloth ISBN 0-88099-220-4 / $27 pbk ISBN 0-88099-219-0. 2001

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High School Career Academies: A Pathway to Educational Reform in Urban School Districts?

Nan L. Maxwell, California State University-Hayward
Victor Rubin, University of California, Berkeley

190 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-214-X / $17 pbk ISBN 0-88099-213-1. 2000

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The Economics of Medicare Reform

Andrew J. Rettenmaier and Thomas R. Saving, Texas A&M University

183 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-212-3 / $17 pbk ISBN 0-88099-211-5. 2000

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The Economics of Sports

William S. Kern, Western Michigan University, Editor

140 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-210-7 / $14 pbk ISBN 0-88099-209-3. 2000

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Rising Wage Inequality: The 1980s Experience in Urban Labor Markets

Thomas Hyclak, Lehigh University

154 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-208-5 / $14 pbk ISBN 0-88099-207-7. 2000

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Employee Benefits and Labor Markets in Canada and the United States

William T. Alpert, University of Connecticut and The William H. Donner Foundation
Stephen A. Woodbury, Michigan State University and W.E. Upjohn Institute, Editors

550 pp. $70 cloth ISBN 0-88099-206-9 / $29 pbk ISBN 0-88099-205-0. 2000

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Changes in Income Inequality within U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Janice F. Madden, University of Pennsylvania

186 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-204-2 / $15 pbk ISBN 0-88099-203-4. 2000

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Bidding for Business

The Efficacy of Local Economic Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area

John E. Anderson, University of Nebraska
Robert W. Wassmer, California State University-Sacramento

220 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-202-6 / $17 pbk ISBN 0-88099-201-8. 2000

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Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform

Sheldon Danziger, University of Michigan, Editor

345 pp. $48 cloth ISBN 0-88099-200-X / $22 pbk ISBN 0-88099-199-2. 1999

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Skill-Biased Technological Change

Evidence from a Firm-Level Survey

Donald S. Siegel, University of Nottingham Business School

115 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-198-4 / $13 pbk ISBN 0-88099-197-6. 1999

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Legal U.S. Immigration

Influences on Gender, Age, and Skill Composition

Michael J. Greenwood, University of Colorado at Boulder
John M. McDowell, Arizona State University

295 pp. $44 cloth ISBN 0-88099-190-9 / $25 pbk ISBN 0-88099-189-5. 1999

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When Is Transition Over?

Annette N. Brown, Editor, Western Michigan University

135 pp. $40 Cloth ISBN 0-88099-196-8 / $14 Pbk. ISBN 0-88099-195-X. 1999

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The Economics of the Great Depression

Mark Wheeler, Editor, Western Michigan University

213 pp. $40 Cloth ISBN 0-88099-192-5 / $17 Pbk. ISBN 0-88099-191-7. 1998

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Pensions and Productivity

Stuart Dorsey, Baker University
Christopher Cornwell, University of Georgia
David Macpherson, Florida State University

148 pp. $40 Cloth ISBN 0-88099-186-0 / $16 Pbk. ISBN 0-88099-185-2. 1998

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Lessons for Welfare Reform

An Analysis of the AFDC Caseload and Past Welfare-to-Work Programs

Dave M. O'Neill, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research and June Ellenoff O'Neill, Baruch College

134 pp. $40 Cloth ISBN 0-88099-180-1 / $13 Pbk. ISBN 0-88099-179-8. 1997

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Poverty and Inequaltiy

The Political Economy of Redistribution

Jon Neill, editor
Western Michigan University

153 pages. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-182-8 / $14 pbk. ISBN 0-88099-181-X. 1997

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Teacher Pay and Teacher Quality

Dale Ballou, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Michael Podgursky, University of Missouri at Columbia

176 pp. $40 Cloth ISBN 0-88099-177-1 / $17 Pbk. ISBN 0-88099-176-3. 1997

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Disability, Work and Cash Benefits

Jerry L. Mashaw, Yale University, Virginia P. Reno, National Academy of Social Insurance, Richard V. Burkhauser, Syracuse University, and Monroe Berkowitz, Rutgers University, Editors.

430 pp. $65 Cloth ISBN 0-88099-168-2 / $25 Pbk. ISBN 0-88099-167-4. 1996

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On-the-Job Training

John M. Barron, Purdue University
Mark C. Berger, University of Kentucky
Dan A. Black, University of Kentucky

207 pp. $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-178-X/$17 pbk ISBN 0-88099-175-5. 1997

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Of Heart and Mind

Social Policy Essays in Honor of Sar A. Levitan

Garth Mangum, University of Utah and Stephen Mangum, Ohio State University, Editors

314 pp. $25 Pbk. ISBN 0-88099-171-2. 1996

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Workdays, Workhours and Work Schedules

Evidence for the United States and Germany

Daniel S. Hamermesh, University of Texas at Austin

159 pp. $40 Cloth ISBN 0-88099-170-4 / $17 Pbk. ISBN 0-88099-169-0. 1996

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Private Pension Policies in Industrialized Countires: A Comparative Analysis

John A. Turner, U.S. Department of Labor and Noriyasu Watanabe, International Pension Research Institute

170 pp. $40 Cloth ISBN 0-88099-150-X / $15 Pbk. ISBN 0-88099-149-6. 1995

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Permanent Job Loss and the U.S. System of Financing Unemployment Insurance

Frank Brechling, University of Maryland, College Park and Louise Laurence, Towson State University

116 pp. $40 Cloth ISBN 0-88099-160-7 / $13 Pbk. ISBN 0-88099-159-3. 1995

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Classrooms in the Workplace: Workplace Literacy Programs in Small and Medium-Sized Firms

Kevin Hollenbeck, W.E. Upjohn Institute

137 pp. $40 Cloth ISBN 0-88099-146-1 / $13 Pbk. ISBN 0-88099-145-3. 1993

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Income Volatility and Food Assistance in the United States

Older and Out of Work: Jobs and Social Insurance for a Changing Economy

Who Really Made Your Car? Restructuring and Geographic Change in the Auto Industry

How Do We Spend Our Time? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey

A Future of Good Jobs? America's Challenge in the Global Economy

Do Community Colleges Respond to Local Needs? Evidence from California

Immigrants and Their Interantional Money Flows

Reining in the Competition for Capital

The Working Life: The Labor Market for Workers in Low-Skilled Jobs

The Shadow Workforce: Perspectives on Contingent Work in the United States, Japan, and Europe

Social Security and the Stock Market: How the Pursuitof Market Magic Shapes the System

The Geography of American Poverty: Is There a Need for Place-Based Policies?

Justice on the Job: Perspectives on the Erosion of Collective Bargaining in the United States

Individual Accounts for Social Security Reform: International Perspectives on the U.S. Debate

Licensing Occupations:Ensuring Quality or Restricting Competition?

Job Training That Gets Results:Ten Principles of Effective Employment Programs

Safety Practices, Firm Culture, and Workplace Injuries

Workplace Injuries and Diseases: Prevention and Compensation

Unemployment Compensation Throughout the World: A Comparative Analysis

The Economics of Sustainable Development

Welfare and Work: Expereinces in Six Cities

Communities and Workforce Development

Adequacy of Earnings Replacement in Workers' Compensation Programs: A Report of the Study Panel on Benefit Adequacy of the Workers’ Compensation Steering Committee

Job Training Policy in the United States

Does "Trickle Down" Work?: Economic Development Strategies and Job Chains in Local labor Markets

Leaving Welfare: Employment and Well-Being of Families that Left Welfare in the Post-Entitlement Era

Workplace Justice Without Unions

Labor Exchange Policy in the United States

Kids at Work: The Value of Employer-Sponsored On-Site Child Care Centers

By a Thread: How Child Care Centers Hold On to Teachers,How Teachers Build Lasting Careers

International Trade and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications

Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences

Job Creation, Job Destruction, and International Competition

The Economics of Risk

The Decline in Employment of People with Disabilities: A Policy Puzzle

Training That Works: Lessons from California's Employment Training Panel Program

Income and Influence: Social Polciy in Emerging Market Economies

Workplace Education for Low-Wage Workers

Bargaining for Competitiveness: Law, Research, and Case Studies

Labor Standards in the United States and Canada

Human Capital in the United States from 1975 to 2000: Patterns of Growth and Utilization

The Labor Market Experience of Workers with Disabilities: The ADA and Beyond

Imports, Exports, and Jobs: What Does Trade Mean for Employment and Job Loss?

The Economics of Work and Family

Helping Working Families: The Earned Income Tax Credit

State Enterprise Zone Programs: Have They Worked?

Carve-Outs in Workers' Compensation: An Analysis of the Experience in the California Construction Industry

Losing Work, Moving On: International Perspectives on Worker Displacement

Targeting Employment Services

Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform

How New Is the "New Employment Contract"? Evidence from North American Pay Practices

Working Time in Comparative Perspective

Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments

The Political Economy of Health Care Reforms

Labor, Business, and Change in Germany and the United States

Pay at Risk: Compensation and Employment Risk in the United States and Canada

Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Costs, and Safety Under Alternative Insurance Arrangements

Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce

High School Career Academies: A Pathway to Educational Reform in Urban School Districts?

The Economics of Medicare Reform

The Economics of Sports

Rising Wage Inequality: The 1980s Experience in Urban Labor Markets

Employee Benefits and Labor Markets in Canada and the United States

Changes in Income Inequality within U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Bidding for Business

The Efficacy of Local Economic Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area

Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform

Skill-Biased Technological Change

Evidence from a Firm-Level Survey

Legal U.S. Immigration

Influences on Gender, Age, and Skill Composition

When Is Transition Over?

The Economics of the Great Depression

Pensions and Productivity

Lessons for Welfare Reform

An Analysis of the AFDC Caseload and Past Welfare-to-Work Programs

Poverty and Inequaltiy

The Political Economy of Redistribution

Teacher Pay and Teacher Quality

Disability, Work and Cash Benefits

Social Security and the Stock Market: How the Pursuit
of Market Magic Shapes the System

The Geography of American Poverty:
Is There a Need for Place-Based Policies?

Justice on the Job: Perspectives on the Erosion
of Collective Bargaining in the United States

Individual Accounts for Social Security Reform:
International Perspectives on the U.S. Debate

Licensing Occupations:
Ensuring Quality or Restricting Competition?

Job Training That Gets Results:
Ten Principles of Effective Employment Programs

Workplace Injuries and Diseases:
Prevention and Compensation

Unemployment Compensation Throughout the World:
A Comparative Analysis

By a Thread: How Child Care Centers Hold On to Teachers,
How Teachers Build Lasting Careers