"Social Policies in an Age of Austerity is the first major publication on the topic, with a particular interest in the United States and the Republic of Korea. The authors of the ten chapters in this book review recent developments in social policies in OECD countries, with a focus on achieving...

Contents: Preface by Jeong Pyo Choi -- 1. Introduction and overview / Jay Pil Choi, Wonhyuk Lim and Sang-Hyop Lee -- Part I: Setting the stage -- 2. Competition law and economics: International cooperation and convergence in competition policy / Jay Pil Choi -- Part II: Market structure -- 3....

While many researchers have sought to estimate federal-private wage differentials in the United States, most of them ignore the issues of unobserved heterogeneity and selectivity among sectors. This article seeks to fill the gap in previous literature by using a more appropriate data set and...