Handbook of labor economics : volume 4, part B

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Handbooks in economics. - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, ISSN 2772-462X, ZDB-ID 2685869-1. - Vol. 5

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

v. 4B. Earnings, consumption and life cycle choices / Costas Meghir, Luigi Pistaferri ; Racial inequality in the 21st century: the declining significance of discrimination / Roland G. Fryer, Jr. ; Imperfect competition in the labor market / Alan Manning ; Skills, tasks and technologies: implications for employment and earnings / Daron Acemoglu, David Autor ; Institutional reforms and dualism in European labor markets / Tito Boeri ; Local labor markets / Enrico Moretti ; Human capital development before age five / Douglas Almond, Janet Currie ; Recent developments in intergenerational mobility / Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux ; New perspectives on gender / Marianne Bertrand ; Great expectations: law, employment contracts, and labor market performance / W. Bentley MacLeod ; Human resource management and productivity / Nicholas Bloom, John Van Reenen ; Personnel economics: hiring and incentives / Paul Oyer, Scott Schaefer.

Front cover; Half title page; Introduction to the series; Title page; Copyright page; Contents of Volume 4B; Contents of Volume 4A; Contributors to Volume 4B; Chapter 9. Earnings, Consumption and Life Cycle Choices; 1. Introduction; 2. The Impact of Income Changes on Consumption: Some Theory; 3. Modeling the Income Process; 4. Using Choices to Learn About Risk; 5. Income Processes, Labor Supply and Mobility; 6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 10. Racial Inequality in the 21st Century: The Declining Significance of Discrimination; 1. Introduction

2. The Declining Significance of Discrimination3. Basic Facts About Racial Differences in Achievement Before Kids Enter School; 4. Interventions to Foster Human Capital Before Children Enter School; 5. The Racial Achievement Gap in Kindergarten through 12th Grade; 6. The Racial Achievement Gap in High School; 7. Interventions to Foster Human Capital in School-Aged Children; 8. Conclusion; Appendix. Data Description; References; Chapter 11. Imperfect Competition in the Labor Market; 1. The Sources of Imperfect Competition; 2. How Much Imperfect Competition? The Size of Rents

3. Models of Wage Determination4. Estimates of Rent-splitting; 5. So What?; 6. Applications; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A. Estimating the Size of Rents from a Search Model; Appendix B. A Model with Heterogeneous Worker Ability; Appendix C. Results Equating Separation and Recruitment Elasticity; References; Chapter 12. Skills, Tasks and Technologies: Implications for Employment and Earnings; 1. Introduction; 2. An Overview of Labor Market Trends; 3. The Canonical Model; 4. A Ricardian Model of the Labor Market; 5. Comparative Advantage and Wages: An Empirical Approach; 6. Concluding remarks

ReferencesChapter 13. Institutional Reforms and Dualism in European Labor Markets; 1. Introduction; 2. Institutions and Reforms; 3. A Simple Model of Labor Reallocation and Reforms; 4. Are We Learning Enough from the Reforms?; 5. Final Remarks; Appendix A. The fRDB-IZA Social Policy Reforms Database; Appendix B. Institutions in the MP Model; References; Chapter 14. Local Labor Markets; 1. Introduction; 2. Some Important Facts about Local Labor Markets; 3. Equilibrium in Local Labor Markets; 4. The Determinants of Productivity Differences Across Local Labor Markets; 5. Implications for Policy

6. ConclusionsReferences; Chapter 15. Human Capital Development before Age Five; 1. Introduction; 2. Conceptual Framework; 3. Methods; 4. Empirical Literature: Evidence of Long Term Consequences; 5. Empirical Literature: Policy Responses; 6. Discussion and Conclusions; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; References; Chapter 16. Recent Developments in Intergenerational Mobility; 1. Intergenerational Correlations of Earnings and Education; 2. Identifying the Causal Effects of Parental Education and Earnings; 3. Other Family Background Characteristics; 4. Conclusion; References

Chapter 17. New Perspectives on Gender

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