Publications received

Monthly Labor Review, August, 1999

--, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA National Compensation Survey, January 1997. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3090-12, 68 pp. Stock No. 829-001-00797-1. $4.25. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.

--, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA National Compensation Survey, March 1998. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3095-04, 71 pp. Stock No. 829-001-00851-0. $6.50. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.

--, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL National Compensation Survey, December 1997. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3090-42, 57 pp. Stock No. 829-001-00839-1. $5.50. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.

--, Visalia- Tulare-Porterville, CA, National Compensation Survey, October 1997. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3090-34, 43 pp. Stock No. 829-001-00831-5. $4. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.

--, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV National Compensation Survey, February 1997. Washington, 1999, Bulletin 3090-08, 67 pp. Stock No. 829-001-00804-8. $3.75. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.

Hamermesh, Daniel S., Xin Meng, and Jusen Zhang. Dress for Success--Does Primping Pay? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 18 pp. (Working Paper 7167,) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Welfare programs and social insurance

Ashenfelter, Orley, David Ashmore, and Olivier Deschenes, Do Unemployment Insurance Recipients Actively Seek Work? Randomized Trials in Four U.S. States. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 28 pp. (Working Paper 6982.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Blank, Rebecca M., David Card, and Philip K. Robins, Financial Incentives for Increasing Work and Income Among Low-Income Families. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 45 pp. (Working Paper 6998.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

--, When Can Public Policy Makers Rely on Private Markets? The Effective Provision of Social Security. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1999, 27 pp. (Working Paper 7099.) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Mitchell, Olivia S., Robert J. Meyers, and Howard Young, eds., Prospects for Social Security Reform. Philadelphia, IA, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999, 413 pp.