Evidence-based policy making in labor economics [electronic resource] : the IZA world of labor guide 2018 / edited by Daniel S. Hamermesh and Olga K. Nottmeyer.

Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Competing interests -- About IZA -- Editorial board -- Introduction -- Section I: Program evaluation -- 1. Maternity leave versus early childcare-What are the long-term consequences for children? -- 2. How to reduce workplace absenteeism -- 3. The influence of occupational licensing and regulation -- 4. Job search monitoring and assistance for the unemployed -- 5. Do post-prison job opportunities reduce recidivism? -- Section II: Behavioral and personnel economics -- 6. Multitasking at work: Do firms get what they pay for?

7. Relative pay, effort, and labor supply -- 8. Working in family firms -- 9. The value of hiring through employee referrals in developed countries -- 10. Gender differences in corporate hierarchies -- 11. Production spillovers: Are they valued? -- 12. Skill utilization at work: Opportunity and motivation -- 13. Relative deprivation in the labor market -- Section III: Migration and ethnicity -- 14. Why does unemployment differ for immigrants? -- 15. Family-friendly and human-capital-based immigration policy -- 16. The portability of social benefits across borders

17. Racial wage differentials in developed countries -- 18. Measuring flows of international migration -- 19. Demographic and economic determinants of migration -- 20. Is high-skilled migration harmful to tax systems' progressivity? -- 21. Economic effects of differences in dialect -- Section IV: Labor markets and institutions -- 22. Trade and labor markets: Lessons from China's rise -- 23. How does monetary policy affect labor demand and labor productivity? -- 24. Why does part-time employment increase in recessions? -- 25. Aggregate labor productivity -- 26. Firm size and business cycles

27. Working hours: Past, present, and future -- 28. Competitiveness, labor market institutions, and monetary policy -- 29. Hours vs employment in response to demand shocks -- 30. Unemployment and the role of supranational policies -- 31. Compensating displaced workers -- 32. How should job displacement wage losses be insured? -- 33. Why is youth unemployment so high and different across countries? -- 34. Multiple job-holding: Career pathway or dire straits? -- 35. Effects of regulating international trade on firms and workers -- 36. Defining informality vs mitigating its negative effects

37. International trade and economic insecurity -- 38. Do firms' wage-setting powers increase during recessions? -- 39. How does international trade affect household welfare? -- Section V: Transition and emerging economies -- 40. One-company towns: Scale and consequences -- 41. The automotive industry in Central Europe: A success? -- 42. The changing nature of jobs in Central and Eastern Europe -- 43. Do trade unions in Central and Eastern Europe make a difference? -- 44. Returns to language skills in transition economies -- 45. Wage policies in the public sector during wholesale privatization

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