Economics Of Labor And Employment Law

Volume I

Acknowledgements

Introduction John J. Donohue III

PART I OVERVIEW: A CROSS COUNTRY COMPARISON OF THE REGULATION OF LABOR 
1. Juan C. Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer (2004), ‘The Regulation of Labor’

PART II THE ECONOMICS OF AMERICAN LABOR LAW 
2. Richard A. Posner (1984), ‘Some Economics of Labor Law’
3. Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt (1992), ‘A Bargaining Analysis of American Labor Law and the Search for Bargaining Equity and Industrial Peace’
4. Cass R. Sunstein (2001), ‘Human Behavior and the Law of Work’

PART III THE IMPACT ON ECONOMIC WELFARE OF THE REGULATION OF LABOR IN THE U.S. AND THE WORLD 
5. Thomas J. Holmes (1998), ‘The Effect of State Policies on the Location of Manufacturing: Evidence from State Borders’
6. Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess (2004), ‘Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India’
7. James Peoples (1998), ‘Deregulation and the Labor Market’
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Volume II

Acknowledgements

An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I

PART I MANDATING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 
A Minimum Wage Laws
1. David Card and Alan B. Krueger (1994), ‘Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania’
2. David Neumark and William Wascher (2000), ‘Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Comment’
3. David Card and Alan B. Krueger (2000), ‘Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Reply’

B Mandated Maternity Benefits
4. Jonathan Gruber (1994), ‘The Incidence of Mandated Maternity Benefits’

C Mandating Accommodations
5. Christine Jolls (2000), ‘Accommodation Mandates’

D Training
6. Daron Acemoglu and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (1999), ‘Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labour Markets’

E Employment at Will and Wrongful-Discharge Laws
7. Richard A. Epstein (1984), ‘In Defense of the Contract at Will’
8. Stewart J. Schwab (1993), ‘Life-Cycle Justice: Accommodating Just Cause and Employment at Will’
9. David H. Autor, John J. Donohue III and Stewart J. Schwab (2006), ‘The Costs of Wrongful-Discharge Laws’


PART II EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION 
A Racial Discrimination
10. John J. Donohue III and James Heckman (1991), ‘Continuous Versus Episodic Change: The Impact of Civil Rights Policy on the Economic Status of Blacks’
11. Derek A. Neal and William R. Johnson (1996), ‘The Role of Premarket Factors in Black-White Wage Differences’

B Sex Discrimination
12. Claudia Goldin and Cecilia Rouse (2000), ‘Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of “Blind” Auditions on Female Musicians’
13. Uri Gneezy, Muriel Niederle and Aldo Rustichini (2003), ‘Performance in Competitive Environments: Gender Differences’

C Statistical Discrimination
14. David H. Autor and David Scarborough (2004), ‘Will Job Testing Harm Minority Workers?’


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