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Modern labor economics : theory and public policy
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For one-semester courses in labour economics at the undergraduate and graduate levels, this book provides an overview of labour market behaviour that emphasizes how theory drives public policy.
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- Creator
- Ronald G. Ehrenberg, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, Robert S. Smith, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Twelfth edition
- Boston : Pearson, [2015]
- Physical Details
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- xxi, 661 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780133462784, 0133462781
- OCLC
- ocn862102281
- Previous edition: 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- 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 -- Unemployment -- Inequality in Earnings -- The Labor-Market Effects of International Trade and Production Sharing -