Contemporary Labor Economics

Name: Contemporary Labor Economics
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ISBN: 9780073375953

ISBN-10: 0073375950

ISBN-13: 9780073375953

Edition: 9th 2010

Authors: Stanley L. Brue, David Macpherson, Campbell R. McConnell

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Contemporary Labor Economics, 9e presents the "new" labor economics in a readable and logical fashion. The authors' focus in this edition is clearly on labor economics as an applied field of micro and macro theory. This volume is based on the assumption that labor economics is no longer an area tangential to the core of analytical economics but rather a critical component of that core. However, since traditional topics such as labor law, structure of unions, and collective bargaining also play an important role in labor markets, they are also presented. In the Ninth Edition, the authors deliver new and updated discussions of public policy issues and expanded and updated coverage of the…

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List price: $100.99
Edition: 9th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 11/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 640
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English




Labor Economics: Introduction and Overview



The Theory of Individual Labor Supply



Population, Participation Rates, and Hours of Work



Labor Quality: Investing in Human Capital



The Demand for Labor



Wage Determination and the Allocation of Labor



Alternative Pay Schemes and Labor Efficiency



The Wage Structure



Mobility, Migration, and Efficiency



Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining



The Economic Impact of Unions



Government and the Labor Market: Employment, Expenditures, and Taxation



Government and the Labor Market: Legislation and Regulation



Labor Market Discrimination



Job Search: External and Internal



The Distribution of Personal Earning



Labor Productivity: Wages, Prices, and Employment



Employment and Unemployment


Appendix: Information Sources in Labor Economics


Glossary


Answers to "Your Turn" Questions


Name Index


Subject Index