Contemporay labor economics. /
Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue and David A. Macpherson
- 8th ed.
- Boston: McGraw Hill, c2008.
- xiv, 625 p.: ill.; 23cm.
Includes index.
Contents: 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 earnings -- Labor productivity: wages, prices, and employment -- Employment and unemployment -- Appendix.