FRONT COVER -- NEW ANALYSES OF WORKER WELL-BEING -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- PREFACE -- DID TRADE LIBERALIZATION HELP WOMEN? THE CASE OF MEXICO IN THE 1990s -- INTRODUCTION -- MEXICO'S TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNDER NAFTA -- CHANGES IN WOMEN'S RELATIVE WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT BEFORE AND AFTER NAFTA -- WOMEN'S LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES AND TRADE LIBERALIZATION -- HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES AND SHIFTS IN HOUSEHOLD BARGAINING -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- DATA APPENDIX -- THE SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF THE KALAMAZOO PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP ON STUDENT OUTCOMES -- INTRODUCTION -- RELATED LITERATURE -- BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE KALAMAZOO PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE KALAMAZOO PROMISE -- DATA AND METHODS -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE IMPACT OF WAGE DISPERSION ON LABOR PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM FINNISH WORKERS -- INTRODUCTION -- RELATED LITERATURE -- THE DATA -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- TENURE, WAGE PROFILES AND MONITORING -- INTRODUCTION -- WAGES AND SENIORITY -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- SENSITIVITY ANALYSES -- FINAL COMMENTS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A -- ARE DANGEROUS JOBS PAID BETTER? EUROPEAN EVIDENCE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE THEORY OF COMPENSATING DIFFERENTIALS AND JOB RISK -- SATISFACTION AND COMPENSATING WAGE DIFFERENTIALS FOR JOB RISK -- A TEST OF COMPENSATING WAGE DIFFERENTIALS FOR RISKY JOBS USING ENDOGENOUS SWITCHING REGRESSION MODELS -- JOB RISK, SATISFACTION, AND WAGES: FIRST EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM A EUROPEAN SURVEY -- ECONOMETRIC RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT AND EFFICIENCY-WAGE COMPETITION -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MODEL -- NASH EQUILIBRIUM.

LOCAL DYNAMICS -- LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: STACKELBERG EQUILIBRIA -- APPENDIX B: EFFORT MICRO-FOUNDATION -- PLAYING HARD TO GET: THEORY AND EVIDENCE ON LAYOFFS, RECALLS, AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- SOME STYLIZED FACTS ON LAYOFFS AND RECALLS -- MODEL OF SIGNALING THROUGH UNEMPLOYMENT AND EMPIRICAL PREDICTIONS -- THE DATA AND RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- ECONOMIC AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT: EARNINGS, DISABILITY BENEFITS, AND MORTALITY -- INTRODUCTION -- PRIOR LITERATURE -- METHODS -- DATA -- MAIN RESULTS -- ROBUSTNESS CHECKS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- APPENDIX C -- APPENDIX D.