Social security programs and retirement around the world / Jonathan Gruber, David Wise -- Are private schools really better? / David N. Figlio, Joe A. Stone -- Using latent variables in dynamic, discrete choice models : the effect of school characteristics on teacher decisions / Todd R. Stinebrickner -- Job characteristics and the form of compensation form of compensation / W. Bentley MacLeod, Daniel Parent -- Postal service compensation and the comparability standard / Barry T. Hirsch, Michael L. Wachter, James W. Gillula -- Replacing general with specific training: Why restricting alternatives makes sense / John M. Barron, Mark C. Berger, Dan A. Black -- The demand and supply of work-related training : evidence from four countries / Edwin Leuven, Hessel Oosterbeek -- National training systems and industrial performance : U.S.-European matched-plant comparisons / David Finegold, Geoff Mason -- The impact of subsidies on the number of new apprentices / Niels Westergaard-Nielsen, Anders Rue Rasmussen -- Firm-level training for newly hired workers : its determinants and effects / Harry J. Holzer, Jess Reaser -- Formal and informal training : evidence from the NLSY / Mark A. Loewenstein, James R. Spletzer -- Full time or part time? German parental leave policy and the return to work after childbirth in Germany / J. Ondrich, C.K. Spiess, Q. Yang, G.G. Wagner -- How long do the benefits of training last? Evidence of long term effects across current and previous employers / Paul A. Lengermann -- Schooling and labor market consequences of the 1970 state abortion reforms / Joshua D. Angrist, William N. Evans.

This work carries seven papers that analyze the effect of government and corporate actions on individuals' labor market behavior and seven others from a November 1996 conference at Cornell University discuss new empirical research on employer training.