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Winner of the 2010 Richard A. Lester Prize

Solving the Reemployment Puzzle: From Research to Policy Stephen A. Wandner This book has been awarded the Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations published in 2010. The prize is given annually by Princeton University's Industrial Relations Section. Read more

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Employment Growth from Public Support of Innovation in Small Firms Albert N. Link and John T. Scott Link and Scott provide a statistical assessment of the employment growth associated with public support of R&D in small, entrepreneurial firms through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Read more

The Transformation of the American Pension System: Was It Beneficial for Workers? Edward N. Wolff The share of Americans with defined contribution pension plans now exceeds the share of those with defined benefit plans. Wolff refers to this as the "great transformation" and it leads him to examine recent evidence to see whether there are winners and losers resulting from this switch away from traditional pension plans. Read more

Advances in Economic Forecasting Matthew L. Higgins, Editor This book's contributors assess the performance of economic forecasting methods, argue that data can be better exploited through model and forecast combination, and advocate for models that are adaptive and perform well in the presence of nonlinearity and structural change. Read more