Modern labor economics, theory and publicity policy
Ronald G Ehernberg et al .--
- 10th ed
- Boston.: Pearson education, 2009.
- xxi,650p.: ill, 2009.
Includes index
Contents : Introduction -- Overview of the labor market -- The demand for labor -- Labor demand elasticities -- Frictions in the labor market -- Supply of labor to 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 production : wage determination within the firm -- Gender, race , and ethnicity in the labor market -- Unions and the labor market -- Unemployment -- Inequality in earnings -- The Labor market effects of international trade and production sharing