Modern Labor Economics
Theory and Public Policy: United States Edition
9th Edition
Published on 26. May 2005
Book
Hardback
672 pages
978-0-321-30503-9 (ISBN)
Description
This text is the product of the authors' three decades experience in teaching labor market economics and conducting research aimed at influencing public policy.
The authors develop the modern theory of labor market behavior, summarize empirical evidence supporting or contradicting each hypothesis, and illustrate the usefulness of various theories for public policy analysis. Theory is presented within context - nontraditional, business, historical, and cross-cultural -through numerous detailed policy examples in each chapter. This thoroughly revised Ninth Edition includes updated material throughout, plus new chapters on frictions in the labor market, and a new boxed feature focused on empirical techniques.
The authors develop the modern theory of labor market behavior, summarize empirical evidence supporting or contradicting each hypothesis, and illustrate the usefulness of various theories for public policy analysis. Theory is presented within context - nontraditional, business, historical, and cross-cultural -through numerous detailed policy examples in each chapter. This thoroughly revised Ninth Edition includes updated material throughout, plus new chapters on frictions in the labor market, and a new boxed feature focused on empirical techniques.
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Edition
9th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 239 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1100 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-30503-9 (9780321305039)
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Content
1. Introduction.
2. Overview of the Labor Market.
3. The Demand for Labor.
4. Labor Demand Elasticities.
5. Frictions in the Labor Market.
6. Supply of Labor to the Economy: The Decision to Work.
7. Labor Supply: Household Production, the Family, and the Life Cycle.
8. Compensating Wage Differentials and Labor Markets.
9. Investments in Human Capital: Education and Training.
10. Worker Mobility: Migration, Immigration, and Turnover.
11. Pay and Productivity: Wage Determination Within the Firm.
12. Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Labor Market.
13. Unions and the Labor Market.
14. Inequality in Earnings.
15. Unemployment.
Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions and Problems.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
2. Overview of the Labor Market.
3. The Demand for Labor.
4. Labor Demand Elasticities.
5. Frictions in the Labor Market.
6. Supply of Labor to the Economy: The Decision to Work.
7. Labor Supply: Household Production, the Family, and the Life Cycle.
8. Compensating Wage Differentials and Labor Markets.
9. Investments in Human Capital: Education and Training.
10. Worker Mobility: Migration, Immigration, and Turnover.
11. Pay and Productivity: Wage Determination Within the Firm.
12. Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Labor Market.
13. Unions and the Labor Market.
14. Inequality in Earnings.
15. Unemployment.
Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions and Problems.
Name Index.
Subject Index.