TY - BOOK AU - Ehrenberg, Ronald G. AU - Smith, Robert Stewart. ED - ED - ED - ED - TI - : theory and public policy SN - 0321305035;0321311531 SN - 2 PY - 2006///];copyright 2006.46 CY - Boston PB - Pearson/Addison Wesley KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Labor economics.;Labor policy.;Personnel management N1 - 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; 5 ER -