This article explores the intimate relationships between pet owners and their animal companions from the extended-self and sacred consumption perspectives using a unique method that Morris Holbrook inspires. The article opens with a brief introduction that includes a summary of the relevant...

The hospital length-of-stay and the discharge destination of a Medicare patient are the outcomes of one decision process involving the interests of the patient, the hospital, and the firms offering covered post-hospital care. We use a competing risk hazard estimation procedure and adjust for...

The authors find considerable earnings mobility in panel data of a sample of white males and associate occupational mobility with these changes in real labor earnings, both in absolute terms and relative to an income distribution. Results of an error-components estimation reveal that occupation...

Previous studies of wage and fringe benefit differentials between public and private sector workers have generally employed one of three different methods to measure the differentials. This study is the first to use all three simultaneously. The authors find that the Houston Metropolitan Transit...

This paper reviews the several studies that have assessed the impact of right-to-work (RTW) laws on union membership, wages, and industry location. The authors show that the considerable difference in findings among these studies results largely from whether a study treats the presence or...

Previous studies of wage and fringe benefit differentials between public and private sector workers have generally employed one of three different methods to measure the differentials. This study is the first to use all three simultaneously. The authors find that the Houston Metropolitan Transit...

We examine the internal market for department chairs in U.S. universities and provide the first empirical evidence concerning the determinants of departmental chair service using data from the economics departments in eight large public universities. The results reveal the wage premium for...