Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prefatory Note ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Labor Mobility and Wages 21
6. 2. Wage Growth and Job Turnover: An Empirical Analysis 65
7. 3. Heterogeneity and State Dependence 91
8. 4. Anticipated Unemployment, Temporary Layoffs, and Compensating Wage Differentials 141
9. 5. Structural and Reduced Form Approaches to Analyzing Unemployment Durations 171
10. 6. Layoffs and Unemployment Insurance 187
11. 7. Employment in Construction and Distribution Industries: The Impact of the New Jobs Tax Credit 209
12. 8. Black Economic Progress after 1964: Who Has Gained and Why? 247
13. 9. Risk Shifting, Statistical Discrimination, and the Stability of Earnings 295
14. 10. Signaling, Screening, and Information 319
15. 11. Learning by Observing and the Distribution of Wages 359
16. Contributors 387
17. Author Index 391
18. Subject Index 394