Modern labor economics : theory and public policy

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ehrenberg, Ronald G. (Author), Smith, Robert Stewart (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : Pearson Education , c2012
Edition:11th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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. Unemployment
  • 15. Inequality in earnings
  • 16. The labor-market effects of international trade and production sharing