Modern Labor Economics
by Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Smith, Robert S.Edition: 8th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-01-01
Publisher(s): Addison Wesley
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Summary
Comprehensively surveying the field of labor economics, this market-leading textbook showcases both current and classic research. 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. In addition to the policy examples woven throughout the narrative, each chapter offers two or more cases that illustrate the application of theory in a nontraditional, business, historical, or cross-cultural context. The Eighth Edition provides updated coverage and references to the professional literature throughout, as well as many new boxed policy examples and new end-of-chapter numerical problems.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Overview of the Labor Market | |
| The Demand for Labor | |
| Labor Demand Elasticities | |
| Frictions in the Labor Market | |
| Supply of Labor to the Economy: The Decision to Work | |
| Labor Supply: Household Production, the Family, and the Life Cycle | |
| Compensating Wage Differentials and Labor Markets | |
| Investments in Human Capital: Education and Training | |
| Worker Mobility: Migration, Immigration, and Turnover | |
| Pay and Productivity: Wage Determination Within the Firm | |
| Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Labor Market | |
| Unions and the Labor Market | |
| Inequality in Earnings | |
| Unemployment | |
| Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions and Problems | |
| Name Index | |
| Subject Index | |
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