Publications received
Economic and social statistics
State of Israel, Central Bureau of Statistics, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, February 1998. Jerusalem, Israel, Central Bureau of Statistics, 1998, 157 pp.
Economic growth and development
Borjas, George, The Economic Progress of Immigrants. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 53 pp. (Working Paper 6506.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
Davidson, Paul and Jan A. Kregel, eds., Improving the Global Economy: Keynesianism and the Growth in Output and Employment. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 1997, 351 pp.
Fisher, Peter S. and Alan H. Peters, Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States and Cities. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1998, 307 pp.
Oates, Wallace E., ed., The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 1997–1998. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing Inc., 1997, 255 pp., $95.
Palley, Thomas I., Plenty of Nothing: The Downsizing of the American Dream and the Case for Structural Keynesianism. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1998, 238 pp. $27.95.
Education
Carnevale, Anthony P., Education and Training For America’s Future. Washington, The Manufacturing Institute, 1998, 34 pp.
Donohue, John J., III, James J. Heckman, and Petra E. Todd, Social Action, Private Choice, and Philanthropy: Understanding the Sources of Improvements in Black Schooling in Georgia, 1911–1960. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 73 pp. (Working Paper 6418.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
Goldin, Claudia and Lawrence F. Katz, The Shaping of Higher Education: The Formative Years In the United States, 1890 to 1940. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 54 pp. (Working Paper 6537.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
Health and safety
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 1995. Washington, 1998, Bulletin 2493, 398 pp. Stock No. 029–001–03301–0. $32. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328.
Industry and government organization
Kaufman, Bruce E., ed., Government Regulation of the Employment Relationship: IRRA 50th Anniversary Volume. Madison, WI, Industrial Relations Research Association, 1997, 557 pp. $29.95. Available from Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
Industrial Relations
Carter, Donald D., Canadian Labour Law in the 1990s: The Growing Influence of Human Rights Requirements. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1997, 16 pp. (Current Issues Series.)
Bamber, Greg J. and Russell D. Lansbury, eds., International and Comparative Employment Relations: A Study of Industrialized Market Economies. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA, 1998, 442 pp. $79.50, cloth; $27.95, paper.
Commission for Labor Cooperation, Plant Closings and Labor Rights: A Report to the Council of Ministers by the Secretariat of the Commission for Labor Cooperation on the Effects of Sudden Plant Closings on Freedom of Association and the Right to Organize in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Dallas, TX, Commission for Labor Cooperation, 1997, 240 pp. Available from Bernan Associates, Lanham, MD.
European Trade Union Institute, Documentation Centre Bulletin, April 1998, 33 pp. Brussels, Belgium.
Gagnon, Eric, Free Trade in North America: The Impact on Industrial Relations and Human Resources Management in Canada. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1998, 20 pp. (Current Issues Series.)
Hannigan, Thomas A., Managing Tomorrow’s High-Performance Unions. Westport, CT, Quorum Books, 1998, 301 pp., bibliography. $59.95.
Hubbartt, William S., The New Battle Over Workplace Privacy: Safe Practices to Minimize Conflict, Confusion, and Litigation. New York, AMACOM, A Division of American Management Association, 1998, 271 pp. $27.95.
Langley, Todd, In Pursuit of Organizational Justice: A Comparison of Union and Nonunion Grievance Procedures at Overwaitea Foods. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1998, 23 pp. (Current Issues Series.)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Major Programs of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Washington, 1998, 39 pp. Report 919.
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, Cases Decided by the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, Fiscal Year 1997, submitted to the President and Congress of the United States. Washington, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, 1998, 40 pp.
Wells, Don, Building Transnational Coordinative Unionism. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1998, 14 pp.
International economics
Audretsch, David B., Industrial Policy and Competitive Advantage, Vols.I, II, and III. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 1998, 557, 569, and 614 pp., respectively. $630.
Gardner, Anthony Laurence, A New Era in US-EU Relations? The Clinton Administration and the New Transatlantic Agenda. Brookfield, VT, Ashgate Publishing Co., 1997, 167 pp. $59.95.
Graham, Edward M. and J. David Richardson, eds., Global Competition Policy. Washington, Institute for International Economics, 1997, 591 pp.
Labor force
Carnevale, Anthony P. and Stephen J. Rose, Education for What: The New Office Economy (Executive Summary). Princeton, NJ, Educational Testing Service, 1998, 26 pp.
Dabir-Alai, Parviz and Mehmet Odekon, eds., Economic Liberalization and Labor Markets. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1998, 270 pp. $65.
Freeman, Richard B. and Peter Gottschalk, eds., Generating Jobs: How to Increase Demand for Less Skilled Workers. New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 1998, 336 pp. $34.95.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Outlook, 1996–2006: A Summary of BLS Projections. Washington, 1998, Bulletin 2502,102 pp. Stock No. 029–001–033001. $8.50. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20204–9328
_____Geographic Profiles of Employment and Unemployment, 1996. Washington, 1998, Bulletin 2498, 142 pp. Stock No. 029–001–03303–6. $13. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328.
_____Labor Market Experiences and More: Studying Men, Women, and Children Since 1966. Washington, 1998, 15 pp.
_____Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1998–99 Edition. Washington, 1998, Bulletin 2500, 528 pp. Stock No. 029–001–03275–7, cloth, $46; 029–001–03275–9, paper $42. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328.
Management and organization theory
Bradshaw, H. H., 4X4 Leadership and the Purpose of the Firm: An Integrated System of Practical Ideas and Solutions to Help Burdened Leaders. Binghamton, NY, Haworth Press, Inc., 1998, 225 pp.
Collins, Denis, Gainsharing and Power: Lessons from Six Scanlon Plans. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1998, 277 pp. $39.95.
Lucas, James R., Balance of Power: Authority or Empowerment? How You Can Get the Best of Both in the "Interpendent" Organization. New York, AMACOM, A Division of American Management Associations, 1998, 262 pp. $24.95.
Wallace, William McDonald, Postmodern Management: The Emerging Partnership Between Employees and Stockholders. Westport, CT, Quorum Books, 1998, 220 pp., bibliography. $59.95.
Monetary and fiscal policy
Rosen, Harvey S., The Fiscal Behavior of State and Local Governments: Selected Papers of Harvey S. Rosen. Northamp-ton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 1997, 349 pp.
Prices and living conditions
Krueger, Alan B. and Aaron Siskind, Assessing Bias In the Consumer Price Index From Survey Data. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 21 pp. (Working Paper 6450.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Relative Importance of Components in the Consumer Price Index, 1997. Washington, 1997, Bulletin 2499, 28 pp., Stock No. 029–001–03305–2. $3.25. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328.
Productivity and technological change
Bernstein, Jeffrey I., Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Canadian Life Insurance Industry: 1979–1989. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 33 pp. (Working Paper 6475.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
Jaffe, Adam B. and Manuel Trajtenberg, International Knowledge Flows: Evidence From Patent Citations. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 39 pp. (Working Paper 6507.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
Social institutions and social change
Athey, Susan, Christopher Avery, and Peter Zemsky, Mentoring and Diversity. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 38 pp. (Working Paper 6496.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
Card, David, John DiNardo, and Eugena Estes, The More Things Change: Immi-grants and the Children of Immigrants in the 1940s, the 1970s, and the 1990s. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 60 pp. (Working Paper 6519.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
Lazear, Edward P., Diversity and Immigration. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 43 pp. (Working Paper 6535.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
Ohsfeldt, Robert L., Raymond G. Boyle, and Eli I. Capilouto, Tobacco Taxes, Smoking Restrictions, and Tobacco Use. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 20 pp. (Working Paper 6486.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
Porter, Philip W. and Eric S. Sheppard, A World of Difference: Society, Nature, Development. New York, Guilford Press, 1998, 602 pp. $55, cloth; $35, paper.
Zucker, Lynne G., Michael R. Darby, and Yusheng Peng, Fundamentals of Population Dynamics and the Geographic Distribution of U.S. Biotechnology Enterprises, 1976–1989. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 65 pp. (Working Paper 6414.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
Wages and compensation
Cawley, John, James Heckman, and Edward Vytlacil, Meritocracy In America: Wages Within and Across Occupations. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 52 pp. (Working Paper 6446.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
Neumark, David, Mark Schweitzer, and William Wascher, The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Distribution of Family Incomes: A Non-Parametric Analysis. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1998, 43 pp. (Working Papers 6536.) $5 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Boston—Worcester—Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, National Compensation Survey, August 1997. Washington, 1998, Bulletin 3090–29, 65 pp. Stock No. 829–001–00826–9. $6. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328.
_____Employee Benefits in Medium and Large Private Establishments, 1995. Washington, 1998, Bulletin 2496, 173 pp. Stock No, 029–001–03304–4. $15. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402.
_____Fort Collins—Loveland, CO, National Compensation Survey, November 1997. Washington, 1997, Bulletin 3090–37, 41 pp. Stock No. 829–001–00834–0, $4. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328.
_____National Compensation Survey, Wages and Salaries, Nevada, July 1997. Washington, 1998, Bulletin 3090–27, 43 pp. Stock No. 829–001–00824–2. $4.25. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328.
_____National Compensation Survey, Wages and Salaries, Panola County, TX, November 1997. Washington, 1998, 10 pp.
_____Occupational Compensation Survey, National Summary, 1996. Washington, 1998, Bulletin 2497, 246 pp. Stock No.029–001–03302–8. $21. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328.
_____San Diego, CA, National Compensation Survey, November 1997. Washington, 1998, Bulletin 3090–36, 54 pp. Stock No.829–001–00833–1. $5. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents: Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328.
Welfare programs and social insurance
Crane, Jonathan, ed., Social Programs That Work. New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 1998, 324 pp. $42.50.
Dorsey, Stuart, Christopher Cornwell, and David Macpherson, Pensions and Productivity. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1998, 139 pp.$23, cloth; $13, paper.
Walsh, Michael G., Reforming the Canada Pension Plan. Kingston, Ontario, Queen’s University, Industrial Relations Center, IRC Press, 1998, 20 pp. (Current Issues Series.)
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