Selected papers from a conference held in honour of Professor Dale T. Mortensen upon the occasion of his 65th birthday. It includes papers on some of Professor Dale T. Mortensen's current research topics, as well as additional theoretical papers, and micro- and macro-econometric papers.

Preface. Summary of Conference Papers (D.T. Mortensen). Part I - Theory Papers. 1. Bargaining, On-the-Job Search and Labor Market Equilibrium (R. Bonilla, K. Burdett). 2. On-the-Job Search and Strategic Bargaining (R. Shimer). 3. Alternative Theories of Wage Dispersion (D. Gaumont, M. Schindler, R. Wright). 4. Wage Differentials, Discrimination and Efficiency (S. Shi). 5. Labor Market Search with Two Sided Heterogeneity: Hierarchical versus Circular Models (P.A. Gautier, C.N. Teulings, A. van Vuuren). 6. The Weak Pareto Law in Burdgett-Mortensen Equilibrium Search Models (G.J. van den Berg). 7. Competitive Auctions: Theory and Application (J. Kennes). 8. Block Assignments (M. Sattinger). 9. Social Security and Intergenerational Redistribution (J. Bhattacharya, R.R. Reed). Part II - Microeconometric Papers. 10. The Job Ladder (A.J. Bowlus, G.R. Neumann). 11. Heterogeneity in Firms'Wages and Mobility Policies (J.M. Abowd, F. Kramarz, S. Roux). 12. The Empirical Content of the Job Search Model: Labor Mobility and Wage Distributions in Europe and the U.S. (G. Jolivet, F. Postel-Vinay, J.-M. Robin). 13. Job Changes and Wage Growth over the Careers of Private Sector Workers in Denmark (P. Bingley, N. Westergard-Nielsen). 14. Identification and Inference in Dynamic Programming Models (B.J. Christensen, N.M. Keifer). 15. On Estimates of a Two-Sided Matching Model (L.Y. Wong). 16. A Structural Non-Stationary Model of Job Search: Stigmatization of the Unemployed by Job Offers or Wage Offers? (S. Lollivier, L. Rioux). 17. Can Rent Sharing Explain the Belgian Gender Wage Gap? (F. Rycx, I. Tojerow). 18. Modeling Individual Earnings Trajectories Using Copulas: France, 1990-2002 (S. Bonhomme, J.-M. Robin). Part III - Macroeconometric Papers. 19. Amplification of Productivity Shocks: Why Don't Vacancies Like to Hire the Unemployed? (E. Nagypal). 20. Evaluating the Performance of the Search and Matching Model (E. Yashiv). 21. Productivity Growth and Worker Reallocation: Theory and Evidence (R. Lentz, D.T. Mortensen).