Modern Labor Economics: Theory & Public Policy (9th Edition)

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 empirical techniques.

Table of contents :

• Chapter 1. Introduction.
• Chapter 2. Overview of the Labor Market.
• Chapter 3. The Demand for Labor.
• Chapter 4. Labor Demand Elasticities.
• Chapter 5. Frictions in the Labor Market.
• Chapter 6. Supply of Labor to the Economy: The Decision to Work.
• Chapter 7. Labor Supply: Household Production, the Family, and the Life Cycle.
• Chapter 8. Compensating Wage Differentials and Labor Markets.
• Chapter 9. Investments in Human Capital: Education and Training.
• Chapter 10. Worker Mobility: Migration, Immigration, and Turnover.
• Chapter 11. Pay and Productivity: Wage Determination Within the Firm.
• Chapter 12. Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Labor Market.
• Chapter 13. Unions and the Labor Market.
• Chapter 14. Inequality in Earnings.
• Chapter 15. Unemployment

Authors: Ehrenberg Ronald G. ; Smith Robert S.
Year: 2006
Publisher: Pearson.