Modern Labor Economics

Name: Modern Labor Economics
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ISBN: 9780321311535

ISBN-10: 0321311531

ISBN-13: 9780321311535

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert S. Smith, Ronald G. Ehrenberg

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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…

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List price: $101.21
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc
Pages: 672
Size: 6.41" wide x 7.78" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 1.716




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