Modern labor economics : theory and public policy
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, Massachusetts :
Pearson Education ,
c2012
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| Edition: | 11th ed |
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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