Analysis of data from 2,542 respondents in the 1988 Displaced Workers Survey assessed the effects of written advance notice of plant closings on reemployment and earnings. Results suggest that notification was effective in reducing earnings losses and the probability of unemployment only when received two months before the plant closing. (SK)

Selig Perlman's influences as a teacher and his writings, including volumes one, two, and four of the History of Labor in the United States and A Theory of the Labor Movement, are appraised. He taught at the University of Wisconsin School for Workers at Madison and supported trade union development. (LH)

An analysis of 1980 census data reveals that immigrants tend to substitute for some labor market groups and complement others. The effects of immigrant supply on the earnings of native-born men is small. However, increases in the immigrant supply have a sizeable impact on the earnings of immigrants themselves. (Author/CH)

In rejecting, prior to The New Deal, the philosophy of voluntarism, one which emphasizes reliance upon labor unions for protection rather than on government aid and intervention, local labor was much closer to the immediate economic and political realities of working-class America. (Editor/MU)

Analysis of data from the Displaced Worker Survey 1988 showed that (1) longer written notice more than doubled the proportion of white-collar workers who move directly to new employment; (2) informal notice improves male white-collar workers' chances of avoiding unemployment and reduces male blue-collar workers' average spell of unemployment. (SK)

Deals with three aspects of the part-time employment pattern of working wives: (1) the wives' characteristics, (2) the level and structure of their earnings in part-time jobs, and (3) the duration of their employment when part-time jobs are available to them. (Author/CT)

Reduced form equations performed on data from the Employment Opportunities Pilot Projects found that many employed and unemployed job seekers reject at least one offer before accepting a job. Most accept an offer with a wage below the estimated reservation wage. (SK)

Despite union opposition and noncooperation with the Act, the author concludes it will have a permanent effect on British industrial relations. (Editor)

Appraises the impact of unions on the wages of nonprofessional hospital employees in 21 metropolitan areas in 1966, 1969, and 1972. Effect of other wage determinants is also examined. Analysis shows that impact has been significant and that it has been greater in private than in public hospitals. (Editor/LAS)