Modern labor economics : theory and public policy / 6
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Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Robert S. Smith.
- 9th ed.
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- xx, 604 p. : ill. 24 cm.
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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 -- Inequality in earnings -- Unemployment.