Abbreviated title (ISO 4) ResLabor Econ Language English | Discipline Labor Economics Publication history 1977-present | |
Edited by Solomon Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos Publisher Emerald Group Publishing and the Institute for the Study of Labor Books Research in Labor Economics, Worker Wellbeing in a Chan, The Economics of Skills O, Accounting for Worker Well‑being, The Economics of Immigr | ||
Research in Labor Economics is a biannual series that publishes peer-reviewed research applying economic theory and econometrics to analyze policy issues. Typical themes of each volume include labor supply, work effort, schooling, on-the-job training, earnings distribution, discrimination, migration, and the effects of government policies. Research in Labor Economics is published by Emerald Group Publishing in conjunction with the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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History
The originally annual series Research in Labor Economics began in 1977 by founding editor Ronald Ehrenberg and JAI Press. It has been published by Elsevier from 1999-2007 and by Emerald Group Publishing since 2008. Solomon Polachek has been editor since 1995. Since 2006, the series is affiliated with the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and was extended to two volumes per year. Olivier Bargain was Co-Editor 2007 and Konstantinos Tatsiramos became Co-Editor in 2008. An editorial board was established in 2011 consisting of Orley Ashenfelter, Francine D. Blau, Richard Blundell, David Card, Ronald Ehrenberg, Richard B. Freeman, Daniel S. Hamermesh, James J. Heckman, Alan B. Krueger, Edward P. Lazear, Christopher A. Pissarides and Klaus F. Zimmermann.
Abstracting and indexing
Research in Labor Economics is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and EconLit.