Handbook of labor economics / edited by Orley Ashenfelter and David Card.

volume 4A. Decomposition methods in economics / Nicole Fortin, Thomas Lemieux, Sergio Firpo ; Field experiments in labor economics / John A. List, Imran Rasul ; Lab labor: what can labor economists learn from the lab? / Gary Charness, Peter Kuhn ; The structural estimation of behavioral models: discrete choice dynamic programming methods and applications / Michael P. Keane, Petra E. Todd, Kenneth I. Wolpin ; Program evaluation and research designs / John DiNardo, David S. Lee ; Identification of models of the labor market / Eric French, Christopher Taber ; Search in macroeconomic models of the labor market ; Extrinsic rewards and instrinsic motives: standard and behavioral approaches to agency and labor markets / James B. Rebitzer, Lowell J. Taylor.

volume 4B. Earnings, consumption and life cycle choices / Costas Meghir, Luigi Pistaferri ; Racial inequality in the 21st century: the declining significance of discrimination / Roland G. Fryer, Jr. ; Imperfect competition in the labor market / Alan Manning ; Skills, tasks and technologies: implications for employment and earnings / Daron Acemoglu, David Autor ; Institutional reforms and dualism in European labor markets / Tito Boeri ; Local labor markets / Enrico Moretti ; Human capital development before age five / Douglas Almond, Janet Currie ; Recent developments in intergenerational mobility / Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux ; New perspectives on gender / Marianne Bertrand ; Great expectations: law, employment contracts, and labor market performance / W. Bentley MacLeod ; Human resource management and productivity / Nicholas Bloom, John Van Reenen ; Personnel economics: hiring and incentives / Paul Oyer, Scott Schaefer.

What new tools and models are enriching labor economics? "Developments in Research Methods and their Application" (volume 4A) summarizes recent advances in the ways economists study wages, employment, and labor markets. Mixing conceptual models and empirical work, contributors cover subjects as diverse as field and laboratory experiments, program evaluation, and behavioral models. The combinations of these improved empirical findings with new models reveal how labor economists are developing new and innovative ways to measure key parameters and test important hypotheses. Investigates recent advances in methods and models used in labor economics Demonstrates what these new tools and techniques can accomplish Documents how conceptual models and empirical work explain important practical issues.

What factors affect the ways individuals participate in labor markets? "New Developments and Research on Labor Markets" (volume 4B) proposes answers to this and other questions on important topics of public policy. Leading labor economists demonstrate how better data and advanced experiments help them apply economic theory, yielding sharper analyses and conclusions. The combinations of these improved empirical findings with new models enable the authors of these chapters to reveal how labor economists are developing new and innovative ways to measure key parameters and test important hypotheses. Concentrates on empirical research in specific labor markets, including those defined by age, gender, and race Reveals how questions and answers about these markets have changed and how models measure them Documents how conceptual models and empirical work explain important practical issues..