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The Journal of Human Resources Index 2004 and 2005 Volumes XXXIX and XL Winter 2004, Volume 39, Issue 1 Did Legalized Abortion Lower Crime? by Theodore Joyce Further Evidence That Legalized Abortion Lowered Crime: A Reply to Joyce, by John J. Donohue III and Steven D. Levitt The Impact of Teacher Training on Student Achievement: Quasi-Experimental Evidence, by Brian A. Jacob and Lars Lefgren The Economic Consequences of Absent Parents, by Marianne E. Page and Ann Huff Stevens Child Support Enforcement and Welfare Case Loads, by Chien-Chung Huang, Irwin Garfinkel, and Jane Waldfogel Single Mothers and Their Child Support Receipt: How Well is Child Support Enforcement Doing? , by Elaine Sorensen and Ariel Hill Parental Employment and Child Cognitive Development, by Christopher J. Ruhm Racial Differences in Patterns of Wealth Accumulation, by Maury Gittleman and Edward N. Wolff Absolute Income, Relative Income, Income Inequality and Mortality, by Ulf-G. Gerdtham and Magnus Johannesson A Sibling Study of Stepchild Well-being, by Eirik Evenhouse and Siobhan Reilly What Happens to the Effects of Government Funded Training Programs over Time? , by David H. Greenberg, Charles Michalopoulos, and Philip K. Robins Spring 2004, Volume 39, Issue 2 Is There an Effect of Incremental Welfare Benefits on Fertility Behavior? A Look at the Family Cap, by Melissa Schettini Kearney Why Public Schools Lose Teachers, by Eric Hanushek, John F. Kain, and Steven G. Rivkin Intergenerational Linkages in Consumption Behavior, by Andreas Waldkirch, Serena Ng, and Donald Cox The Journal of Human Resources The Impact of Welfare Benefits on Single Motherhood and Headship of Young Women: Evidence from the Census, by Francine D. Blau, Lawrence M. Kahn, and Jane Waldfogel Time Limits and Welfare Use, by Jeffrey Grogger Minimum Wage Effects Throughout the Wage Distribution, by David Neumark, Mark Schweitzer, and William Wascher The Impact of Obesity on Wages, by John Cawley The Dynamics and Inequality of Italian Men’s Earnings: Long-term Changes or Transitory Fluctuations ?, by Lorenzo Cappellari The Impact of School Reform on Student Performance: Evidence from the New York Network for School Renewal Project, by Amy Ellen Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel, and Dae Yeop Kim Is Your Love in Vain? The Economics of Divorce, by Michael Svarer The Impact of Attrition on the Children of the NLSY97, by Alison Aughinbaugh The Racial Wage Gap: The Importance of Labor Force Attachment Differences across Black, Mexican, and White Men, by Heather Antecol and Kelly Bedard Summer 2004, Volume 39, Issue 3 Widows Waiting to Wed? (Re)Marriage and Economic Incentives in Social Security Widow Benefits, by Michael J. Brien, Stacy Dickert-Conlin, and David A. Weaver Health and Retirement: Do Changes in Health Affect Retirement Expectations? , by Kathleen McGarry Investigating the Patterns and Determinants of Life Satisfaction in:'Germany Following Reunification, by Paul Frijters, John P. Haisken-DeNew, Michael A. Shields Wedding Celebrations as Conspicuous Consumption: Signaling Social Status in Rural India, by Francis Bloch, Vijayendra Rao, and Sonalde Desai Changes in Relative Wage and Family Labor Supply, by Paul J. Devereux What’s Happened to the Price of College? Quality-Adjusted Net-Price Indexes for Four-Year Colleges, by Amy Ellen Schwartz and Benjamin Scafidi Who Receives the College Wage Premium? Assessing the Labor Market Returns to Degrees and College Transfer Patterns, by Audrey Light and Wayne Strayer Index Do Marital Status and Computer Usage Really Affect The Wage Structure ?, by Harry Krashinsky AFDC, SSI, and Welfare Reform Aggressiveness: Caseload Reductions versus Caseload Shifting, by Lucie Schmidt and Purvi Sevak Reconsidering the Use of Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility as a Test for Credit Constraints, by Nathan D. Grawe Declining Bias and Gender Wage Discrimination? A Meta-Regression Analysis, by Stephen B. Jarrell and T. D. Stanley The Match Quality Gains from Unemployment Insurance, by Mario Centeno Fall 2004, Volume 39, Issue 4 A Stock-Flow Analysis of the Welfare Caseload, by Jacob Klerman and Steven Haider A Closer Look at the Employment Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act, by Julie Hotchkiss ; Social Norms and Sexual Activity in U.S. High Schools, by Edward Castronova The Relationship between Marriage Market Prospects and Never-Married Motherhood, by Derek Neal Crime and Economic Incentives, by Stephen Machin and Costas Meghir Incomes and Outcomes in Early Childhood, by Beck A. Taylor, Eric Dearing, and Kathleen McCartney 980 Household Labor Supply and Welfare Participation in Sweden, by Lennart Flood, Jorgen Hansen, and Roger Wahlberg 1008 Marital Matching and Earnings: Evidence from Unmarried Population in Sweden, by Robert A. Nakosteen, Olle Westerlund, and Michael A. Zimmer 1033 How Do Financial Aid Policies Affect Colleges? The Institutional Impact of the Georgia HOPE Scholarship, by Bridget Terry Long 1045 What Do Self-Reported, Objective, Measures of Health Measure? , by Michael Baker, Mark Stabile, and Catherine Deri 1067 Household Childcare Choices and Women’s Work Behavior in Russia, by Michael M. Lokshin 1094 The Wage Expectation of European College Students, by Giorgio Brunello, Claudio Lucifora, and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer 1116 The Journal of Human Resources Volume 40, 2005 Winter 2005, Volume 40, Issue 1 The Role of Permanent Income and Demographics in Black/White Differences in Wealth, by Joseph G. Altonji and Ulrich Doraszelski Welfare Reform When Recipients Are Forward-Looking, by Christopher A. Swann Interpreting the Poor: Welfare Magnetism and Cross-Border Welfare Migration, by Terra McKinnish Does Child Labor Decline with Improving Economic Status? by Eric V. Edmonds How Much Do Medical Students Know About Physician Income? by Sean Nicholson Specialty Selection and Lifetime Returns to Specialization Within Medicine, by Jayanta Bhattacharya Estimating the Effect of Income on Health and Mortality using Lottery Prizes as Exogenous Source of Variation in Income, by Mikael Lindahl Has the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Status Changed? by Susan E. Mayer and Leonard M. Lopoo Rearranging the Family? Income Support and Elderly Living Arrangements in a Low-Income Country, by Eric V. Edmonds, Kristin Mammen, and Douglas L. Miller What Can Ex-Participants Reveal about a Program’s Impact?, by Martin Ravallion, Emanuela Galasso, Teodoro Lazo, and Ernesto Philipp Job Search, Search Intensity, and Labor Market Transitions: An Empirical Analysis, by Hans G. Bloemen Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted Reemployment Bonuses, by Christopher J. O’ Leary, Paul T. Decker, and Stephen A. Wandner Spring 2004, Volume 40, Issue 2 Retirement and the Evolution of Pension Structure, by Leora Friedberg and Anthony Webb Welfare Reform and Health, by Marianne P. Bitler, Jonah B. Gelbach, and Hilary W. Hoynes The Declining Relative Importance of Ability in Predicting Educational Attainment, by Fernando Galindo-Rueda and Anna Vignoles 1019 Social Security and Elderly Living Arrangements: Evidence from the Social Security Notch, by Gary V. Engelhardt, Jonathan Gruber, and Cynthia D. Perry Estimating the Impact of Large Cigarette Tax Hikes: The Case of Maternal Smoking and Infant Birth Weight, by Diana S. Lien and William Evans On the Validity of Econometric Techniques with Weak Instruments: Inference on Returns to Education Ur sing Compulsory School Attendance Laws, by Luiz M. Cruz and Marcelo J. Moreira Sex Preferences, Marital Dissolution, and the Economic Status of Women, by Kelly Bedard and Olivier Deschénes Racial Earnings Differentials and Performance Pay, by John S. Heywood and Patrick L. O’ Halloran Reexamining the Returns to Training: Functional Form, Magnitude, and Interpretation, by Harley Frazis and Mark A. Loewenstein Gender Differences in Physician Pay: Tradeoffs between Career and Family by Alicia Sasser Smoking, Drinking and Income, by M. Christopher Auld Do Husbands and Wives Pool Their Resources? Further Evidence, by Julie L. Hotchkiss Summer 2005, Volume 40, Issue 3 Promoting School Readiness in Oklahoma: An Evaluation of Tulsa’s Pre-K Program, by William T. Gormley and Ted Gayer Court-Ordered Desegregation: Successes and Failures Integrating American Schools Since Brown, by Sarah J. Reber Relative Deprivation, Poor Health Habits, and Mortality, by Christine E. Eibner and William N. Evans Do Trust and Trustworthiness Pay Off?, by Joel Slemrod and Peter Katuscak Do Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Matter?, by Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Liang Zhang Are Middle Schools More Effective? The Impact of School Structure on Student Outcomes, by Kelly Bedard and Chau Do Teenage Childbearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences: Exploiting a Natural Experiment, by V. Joseph Hotz, Susan Williams McElroy, and Seth G. Sanders 1020 The Journal of Human Resources Estimating Long-Term Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: An Examination of the Siblings Approach, by Helena Holmlund Long-term Illness and Wages: The Impact of Risk of Occupationally Related Long-term Illness on Earnings, by Robert R. Elliott and Robert Sandy Fall 2005, Volume 40, Issue 4 Affordability: Family Incomes and Net Prices at Highly Selective Private Colleges and Universities, by Catharine Hill, Gordon Winston, and Stephanie Boyd An Evaluation of Instrumental Variable Strategiefso r Estimating the Effects of Catholic Schooling, by Joseph Altonji, Todd Elder, and Christopher Taber The Behavioral Dynamics of Youth Smoking, by Donna Gilleskie and Koleman S. Strumpf The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Distribution of Family Incomes: A Non-parametric Analysis, by David Neumark, Mark Schweitzer, and William Wascher Student Responses to Merit Scholarship Retention Rules by Christopher M. Cornwell, Kyung Hee Lee, and David Mustard Games and Discrimination: Lessons from The Weakest Link, by Kate Antonovics, Peter Arcidicono and Randall Walsh Medicare and the Health of Women with Breast Cancer, by Sandra L. Decker Why Are the Returns to Schooling Higher for Women than for Men? by Christopher Dougherty The Living Arrangement Dynamics of Sick, Elderly Individuals, by Benoit Dostie and Pierre Thomas Leger Referees The Editors of the Journal of Human Resources wish to thank the following persons who served as manuscript reviewers between June 1, 2003 and May 31, 2005 Anna Aizer Patrick J. Bayer Anders Bjorklund Richard S. Akresh Jere R. Behrman Rebecca M. Blank Harold Alderman Andrea H. Beller David M. Blau Peter Arcidiacono Eric P. Bettinger Hoyt Bleakley David H. Autor Jayanta Bhattacharya Michael Bognanno Laurence C. Baker Marianne P. Bitler Christopher R. Bollinger Index 1021 John Bound Denis M. Fougere Jacob Alex Klerman Mike Brewer Marco Francesconi Lori G. Kletzer Meta Brown Leora Friedberg Anjini Kochar Thomas C. Buchmueller Jed Friedman Wojciech Kopezuk Kristin F. Butcher Roy John Gardner Dennis Kristensen David M. Byrne John E. Garen Adriana D. Kugler Jose Canals-Cerda Martin Gaynor Robert J. Lalonde Maria Cancian Jonah B. Gelbach Anthony Lancaster John Caskey Lisa A. Gennetian Fritz Laux John Cawley William Gentry John Leahy Amitabh Chandra Donna B. Gilleskie Donghoon Lee Kenneth Y. Chay Uri Gneezy John D. Leeth Rober: L. Clark Michelle Sovinsky Goeree Lars Lefgren Charles T. Clotfelter Dana P. Goldman Pierre Thomas Leger Dalton Conley Tim Goodspeed Andreas Lehnert Michael Conlin Eric Gould Phillip B. Levine Rachel Connelly Ingrid Gould-Ellen Deborah Levison Kenneth A. Couch Nathan D. Grawe Helen Levy Mark E. Courtney Andrew Grodner Audrey Lynn Light Donald C. Cox Michael Grossman Adriana Lleras-Muney Julie Berry Cullen Melissa Groves Anthony T. Lo Sasso Janet Currie Jonathan Guryan Lance John Lochner David Cutler Alan L. Gustman Susanna Loeb Caroline Danielson Steven J. Haider Mark A. Loewenstein Lucas Davis Sarah Hamersma Bridget Terry Long Paul Devereux Eric A. Hanushek David S. Loughran Matthew S. Dey Bradley T. Heim Darren Howard Lubotsky Stacey Dickert-Conlin Donald E. Heller Jens Ludwig Carlos Dobkin Judith Hellerstein Shelly Lundberg Jeffrey Dominitz Barry T. Hirsch Annamaria Lusardi John J. Donohue John Hoddinott Nicole Maestas Joseph Doyle Saul D. Hoffman Maurizio Mazzocco Pierre Dubois Jessica S. Howell Francesca Mazzolari Ester Duflo Luojia Hu Kathleen McGarry Susan M. Dynarski Chien-Chung Huang Doug M. McKee Eric V. Edmonds Jennifer Hunt Christopher McKelvey Christine E. Eibner Erik G. Hurst David J. McKenzie Nada Eissa Dean Hyslop Terra McKinnish Robert Fairlie Brian A. Jacob Ellen Meara Eduardo Fajnzylber Markus Jantti Charles Michalopoulos Christopher Ferrall Seema Jayachandran Robert A. Miller Fernando Ferreira Sandy Jencks Jeffrey D. Milyo Erica Field Robert T. Jensen Olivia S. Mitchell David N. Figlio William R. Johnson Oscar A. Mitnik Luca Flabbi David Joulfaian Enrico Moretti Lennart Flood Theodore J. Joyce Thomas A. Mroz Alessandra Fogli Chinhui Juhn Charles H. Mullin 1022 The Journal of Human Resources Kaivan Munshi Enrico Rettore Steinar Strom Matthew Neidell Jessica Wolpaw Reyes James X. Sullivan David Neumark David C. Ribar Anand V. Swamy Sean Nicholson John Michael Robst Christopher R. Taber Edward C. Norton Jonah Rockoff Alessandro Tarozzi Jan Ivar Ondrich Elaina Rose John Tauras Donal O’ Neill Jesse Rothstein Corrine Taylor Pia M. Orrenius Christopher J. Ruhm Graciela Teruel Lars S. Osberg John Philip Rust Justin Lee Tobias Marianne E. Page Andrew Samwick Joseph Tracy Gary Painter Robert Frederick Schoeni Stephen J. Trejo Michael G. Palumbo Barbara Schone John H. Tyler Leslie E. Papke Robert M. Schwab Wilbert van der Klaauw Daniel Parent Jonathan Schwabish Arthur van Soest Susan W. Parker Amy Ellen Schwartz Jacob L. Vigdor Abigail A. Payne Shannon N. Seitz Wim Vijverberg Maria Perozek Lara D. Shore-Sheppard Jane Waldfogel Meredith Phillips Kosali I. Simon James Walker Mark Pitt Emmanuel Skoufias Jennifer Ward-Batts Robert Plotnick Kent Smetters Tara Watson Erik Plug Smith James P. Diane Whitmore Solomon W. Polachek Mark Stabile Mark O. Wilhelm Cristian Pop-Eleches T. D. Stanley David Wittenburg Elizabeth T. Powers Thomas L. Steinmeier Kenneth I. Wolpin Connelly Rachel Mel Stephens Stephen Wu Ashok S. Rai Ann Huff Stevens Futoshi Yamauchi Marcos Rangel Betsey Stevenson Aaron Yelowitz Silvio Rendon Todd Stinebrickner Winnie Yip