TY - BOOK AU - McConnell, Campbell R. AU - Brue, Stanley L. AU - Macpherson, David A. TI - Contemporay labor economics. SN - 9780071283199 AV - HD4901.M15 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw Hill KW - Labor economics N1 - 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 ER -