Modern labor economics : theory and public policy / Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Robert S. Smith.

By: Ehrenberg, Ronald GContributor(s): Smith, Robert StewartMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2017Edition: 13th edDescription: 768 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type: 36 ISBN: 9781138218178Subject(s): Labor economics | Labor policy | Personnel managementDDC classification: 331 LOC classification: HD4901 | .E34 2017
Contents:
Introduction -- 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 -- Answers to odd-numbered review questions and problems -- Name index -- Subject index.
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Revised edition of the authors' Modern labor economics, [2015]

Introduction -- 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 -- Answers to odd-numbered review questions and problems -- Name index -- Subject index.

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